Description:
Functioning in the internet space is an extremely multi-threaded and complex process, currently very closely related to all social development processes. Having in mind the global approach related to the internet, it is crucial to remember about the individual citizens and their families as well, that learn to govern the digital revolution in their everyday lives. Bearing in mind this individual context - we can talk about a "digital family" - that is, a family that functions in a specific digitized reality and, depending on the capitals possessed and patterns developed, manage this technology in a way possible for them. This individualized approach is very important in the broad context of understanding global culture of the network. This "digital family" is a multidimensional and multifaceted family immersed in a mediated environment. This is the place where the habitus determining the functioning in the world of digital technology is created. It is a family which, based on its cultural capital, manages everyday internet-related practices in various ways. A "digital family" can be one that tightly fills its surroundings and most of their free time with digital devices, it can be a family that is constantly online, having even only one device for the whole house, but colloquially speaking "pulled out" by the household members. Or it can also be a family that consciously and intentionally prepares to function in an increasingly digitized everyday life and that leads children to grow ready to take up the so-called "professions of the future". How children would be prepared to be the aware digital citizens depends not only on their careers but the whole environment including innovative educational processes, decision makers and business responsibility. Other dimension of the cultural processes in the digital environment is the individual as the subject, who through self-control can regulate his or her life processes, thus striving for perfection. The original concept requires an update, due to the processes of digitalization of reality, and the common trend of social networking. Moreover, new technological tools emerge which change the method of self-control and improvement. The digital transformation includes also the role of social practices in using online tools which fulfil the definition of technologies of self. Those perspectives of the individuals within the digital revolution will be supported by the emerging qualitative and quantitative research both in the context of the family’s internet management as well as of the dynamic of “self” as a subject to the constant interaction with others within a network reality. The sustainability of any society depends on the values and attitudes, the social and emotional skills and the knowledge and cultural understanding of its people[1]. Yet technology-rich environments are only too often depriving children of the interpersonal interaction upon which these are built. As profiling is rapidly replacing pluralism, children are growing up on a warped media diet, might be losing cultural and civic markers in the process. The COVID-19 confinement has it only accentuated, turning the home into a remotely-connected school and workplace, detached from the sort of face-to-face and multi-cultural encounters that schools and the community bring. Will this time deepen the processes of digitization of everyday life or on the contrary, push us to direct relations. What will sustainable education after coronavirus look like. These considerations will be initiated in the introductory lecture and continued in the debate. The workshop will be organised as a panel discussion with 5 speakers and a moderator and will be started with the agenda introduction by the panel moderator – (5’) Moderation: David Wright (Director UK Safer Internet Centre at SWGfL). The discussion will be preceded by the opening lecture given by the Prof. Mirosław Filiciak - Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences SWPS; “Human – media practices in the digital age (everyday life management, effectiveness and well-being) with a special focus on the digital life in the shadows of the global pandemic” (15’) After the opening lecture the conclusions from the quantitative research, which was intended to depict the modern family in the context of diverse practices related to the digital media usage will be presented (5’) Anna Rywczyńska - Head of NASK Digital Education Department) After those two speeches next 2 panelists will be asked to present a short (5’) presentation bringing their perspective on the human – media tensions within cultural processes that would be key points for the following discussion (10’): Janice Richardson (project innovator, educational expert and author), Anna Kalinowska (cultural studies expert). After the presentations, the moderator will organize a participatory discussion (55’) with four panelists, raising questions linked to the policy questions and making room for questions from the audience (both present and remote). There will be a supporting moderator facilitating online participation via social networks and user-generated multiple-choice quizzes platforms. Young people voice will be present through 15-year old Philippine Balmadier. She will act as an observer of the debate and will comment on what the panel says (5’) and will be responding to questions from the audience as well. List of Speakers: • prof. dr hab Mirosław Filiciak Mirosław Filiciak is media researcher, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Director of the Institute of Humanities at SWPS University (Warsaw, Poland). He is interested in the theory of media studies, archaeology of media, and the relations between media technologies and cultural practices. He was the principal investigator on numerous qualitative and quantitative research projects, focused on topics such as mediated cultural participation, social circulation of media content, or collecting, restoring and emulating old technical media. His current research includes an ethnographic study of the smartphone and its users. He collaborates with multiple public cultural, educational and research institutions, businesses and NGOs. • Janice Richardson Project innovator, educational expert and author, Janice is a founder of Safer Internet Day (celebrated worldwide). She coordinated the European Commission’s Insafe network from 2004-2014, and founded the EC-funded ENABLE initiative (tackling bullying through social-emotional skill development - 2014 to 2016). She runs an EU-wide youth council (ECDG), is advisor to several European and international organisations, sits on Facebook’s Safety Advisory Board, has worked extensively with governments in the MENA region and other parts of Africa, (co)authored a dozen books on digital citizenship and 21st century literacy, six of which are published by the Council of Europe. • Anna Kalinowska Cultural studies expert, a graduate of bachelor, master and PhD of the University SWPS in the process of defending (which was temporarily delayed due COVID-19 pandemia) her thesis Media practices as the technologies of self. The „I” production in the age of digital control. She has ten years of research experience in the cultural politics and digital culture fields also in developing the author's scientific and commercial research in these areas. Her specialization dimensions are: the network sociology, the user identity and the adaptation of the technologies of self concept into the digital age. Anna is the member of Youth Research Center (youth.swps.edu.pl), PTBRiO, Polish Media Education Association and supports production of The Media Education Congers and Tech/Spo Conference. • Anna Rywczyńska Co-developer and Coordinator of the Polish Safer Internet Centre and the Manager of the NASK (National Research Institute’s) Digital Education Departament. A graduate of the University of Warsaw - Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, with a major in Media Economics and the PhD Candidate at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. Since 2006 Anna Rywczyńska has been working as the Overall Coordinator for the Polish Safer Internet Centre. An expert in the field of kids’ and youth’s safe use of online content and new media. She is a lecturer at series of conferences, the author of articles, tools and social campaigns dedicated to online safety of youngest users. In recent years, she has been involved in, inter alia, the works of an expert groups under the ENISA Agency (European Network and Information Security Agency), ECSO (European Cybersecurity Organization) as well as Safer Internet for Children launched by the EC in 2018. Since 2003, a co-organizer of the SECURE conference, dedicated to network security, and since 2007 she has been one of the founders and organizers of the annual international conference titled „Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online”. • Philippine Balmadier 15-year-old Philippine is enrolled in a prestigious bilingual program in Paris where she will sit the OIB exam in 2023 to complete dual degrees in French and English. She was recently one of 9 students in France to be chosen to do an internship with the French Prime Minister. She has been speaking internationally since age 12, when she was invited to speak at a Council of Europe conference on digital citizenship and internet safety for children. At IGF 2018 she was panelist in a session led by major social media providers. Along with 17 other young Europeans in the EU Council for Digital Good, Philippine strives to educate peers and lobby on making the internet a better place. In 2019-20 the Council co-authored a digital citizenship activity book for use in primary schools. Moderator on site: • David is Director UK Safer Internet Centre at SWGfL; the national awareness centre and part of the European Insafe network. David has worked extensively in online safety for many years with children, schools and wider agencies. David advises a number of Governments and school inspectorates on online safety strategy and policy, particularly with regards schools and curriculum. David has recently been appointed as an expert adviser to the UN ITU. David has presented at conferences nationally and internationally including at many IGFs. He is a member of UKCIS as well as the Twitter Trust and Safety Council. David is a Fellow at the EP3 Foundation and member of IEEE standard for Child Data Governance.
David has led pioneering work, such as the development of multi award winning resources, as well as the establishment of the helpline for victims of Revenge Porn. With the Plymouth University, he has published a number of ground-breaking research reports.
Rapporteur: • Julia Piechna Since 2007 she has been working at NASK in the Digital Education Department. From the beginning she has also been actively involved in the EC Safer Internet projects (PSIC coordinator in 2014-2015 and EC BIK NET Pilot Project in January-December 2014). During her work for NASK, she has gained experience in organizing a number of conferences and training sessions devoted to the issue of safety of children using the internet, developing educational programmes, conducting media campaigns and internet services.. Since 2007, she has been a member of the Organizing Committee for the international conference “Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online”. She is involved in the works of the Expert Group on Safer Internet for Children launched by the EC in 2018. She is a graduate from the Faculty of Psychology at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities and a postgraduate from the faculty of CSR at Kozminski University. Online Moderator: • Andrzej Rylski Since 2016, Andrzej has been working at NASK, organizing conferences and media campaigns for the Polish Safer Internet Center. His main field of expertise are children's safety on the Internet and online privacy. From 2017, he coordinates the Youth Panel for the Polish Safer Internet Centre at NASK. He is a graduate of general pedagogy at the University of Warsaw.