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Tech Shock - from Parent ZoneAuthor: Parent Zone
Tech Shock: everything you ever wanted to know about tech and family life. Podcasting from Parent Zone, the media literacy experts, host Vicki Shotbolt explores the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests, she looks at online harms to children, from pornography to gambling, and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki also celebrates the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as she considers how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital. Listen every Monday, subscribe, and please give us a five star review. Language: en Genres: Arts, Kids & Family, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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5: Dr Garth Graham: Bringing Education to the World at Scale
Episode 6
Wednesday, 8 July, 2026
In episode 5, Vicki is joined by Dr Garth Graham, Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health at Google and YouTube. A clinician, researcher and parent of four, Dr Graham brings a rare combination of perspectives to the conversation.This episode moves from policy to the practical and personal. How do platforms like Google and YouTube think about the concept of information as a social determinant of health and what that means for platforms reaching billions of people every day? And what does effective digital parenting look like when you've spent your career at the intersection of medicine, public health and technology?Talking points:How does Google and YouTube think about health information at scale and what is the difference between rooting out misinformation and actively providing good information?What does the evidence tell us about how children develop digital resilience and how should parents think about graded autonomy as children grow?What practical steps can parents take — from co-viewing and family media plans to watching for replacement behaviours — and what does Dr Graham do in his own home?Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock is produced and edited by Tim Malster.wwwTwitterFacebookInstagram
