3-5 quotes from the episode that I found interesting :
– “They’re part of the first generation to really live online themselves. But, as it all becomes normalized, as the internet becomes just the air that we breathe, it’s easy to forget how important it is for parents to help guide and support their kids’ online lives.” (Main theme of the podcast)
– “parents have to constantly redraw that line between keeping kids safe and letting them engage with the big, crazy world, online and off”
– “Social media is of course is an incredibly important tool in the battle against apathy, specifically voter apathy.”
– “How it(technology)’s been designed to get us to behave in certain ways, which you know Lil Tay, you know, kids like the likes!”
How the episode uses the conventions, and to what effect.
– Before the intro music, there is a pre-intro bumper that foreshadows what the podcast is going to be about by having about 7 kids briefly saying when and how much they use their phone in less than 30 seconds.
– The episode also has standard introduction which introduces the name of the host/show, as well as other podcasts that are related to the topic (kids and how parents can guide their children’s online experiences) to provide other podcasts to listeners if they are interested in it.
– Facts and examples of famous people about this issue make the podcast relevant and credible.
What about this episode helps me pick the challenge to try out?
– The fact that about 95% of American teens having access to phones and nearly half of them saying they are online almost constantly makes me wonder about the life without social media. Even though social media has had positive and negative impacts on society (and us), I never really recall a memory without social media in the past few years, which makes me want to delete all my social media for a week to see what kind of impact it has on me.
What new questions do I have as the result of thinking about this episode?
– To what extent are parents responsible for their kids’ online experience?
– Why do kids feel more comfortable talking on the phone rather than face-to-face?
I think the most important quote you highlighted was “for the first completely digital native generation, parents have to constantly redraw that line between keeping kids safe and letting them engage with the big, crazy world, online and off” – I say this because it’s interesting to look at how to manage and balance social media content and consumption and how this would affect parenting overall in the coming generations.
The question that most interests me is “Why do kids feel more comfortable talking on the phone rather than face-to-face?” I say this because I can relate to feeling less vulnerable talking to someone about hard conversations on the phone rather than in person and I wonder if this really is the best way to develop communication skills in our 21st Century.
I think the most important quote you highlighted was “parents have to constantly redraw that line between keeping kids safe and letting them engage with the big, crazy world, online and off”. I say this because I think that this is the biggest issue for parents in the technological world; how much do I let my kids go to give them the freedom they deserve, but how much do I hold them back to make sure they stay safe and responsible?
The question that most interests me is “To what extent are parents responsible for their kids’ online experience?” I say this because I think that it is a good question to ask; how much should parents really be involved in their children’s social lives, should these kids be able to learn how to handle themselves for themselves? Where should the line be drawn?
I think the most important quote you highlighted was “Social media is of course is an incredibly important tool in the battle against apathy, specifically voter apathy.” I say this because it helps people understand the temptation to feel involved online, and there is less and less excuse for not participating because most things can be done online so effectively now.
The question that most interests me is “Why do kids feel more comfortable talking on the phone rather than face-to-face?”. Talking online helps kids feel more concealed and its easier to hide your emotions compared to talking face to face, which leads into further questions like “why is there the need to conceal your emotions?”