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NetworkEDGE 25 February 2015 @5pm - Sonia Livingstone on developing social media literacy<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lti/2015/02/10/networkedge-25-february-2015-sonia-livingstone-on-developing-social-media-literacy/> [Sonia_Livingstone] Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE<http:[log in to unmask]> is the LTI NetworkEDGE<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lti/lti-events/networkedge/> speaker on Wednesday 25 February at 5pm in Ro1. She will presenting on 'Developing social media literacy: How children learn to interpret risky opportunities on social network sites'. Professor Livingstone's discussion follows on from our NetworkED seminar with Dr Leslie Haddon on children's use of phones<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lti/2015/01/27/qa-with-leslie-haddon/>, and is timely considering the announcement from the BBC today that that more than half of children in the UK have done something "risky" or anti-social online' based on results from the BBC Learning Poll of 2,000 11-16 year olds.<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-31311927> As professor Livingstone outlines below: "The widespread use of social networking sites (SNSs) by children and young people has significantly reconfigured how they communicate, with whom and with what consequences. Drawing on cross-national interviews and informed by the tradition of research on media literacy, I will discuss the idea of social media literacy. The empirical material reveals a social developmental pathway by which children learn to interpret and engage with the technological and textual affordances and social dimensions of SNSs in determining what is risky and why. Their changing orientation to social networking online (and offline) appears to be shaped by their changing peer and parental relations, and has implications for their perceptions of risk of harm." Reserve your place by emailing [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Places are strictly limited. There is free wine and cheese available after the talk. All our talks are live streamed for those who can't attend and a link to the live stream will be available on this blog. Professor Livingstone discussed her work on children's rights in the digital age with the department of Media and Communications you can view the Q&A on the Media Policy Project blog<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/02/04/sonia-livingstone-childrens-rights-in-the-digital-age/>. Peter Bryant Head of Learning Technology and Innovation London School of Economics and Political Science ALD LG - Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE Phone: +44 (0)20 7955 6008 Twitter: @peterbryantHE LSE Experts: http://bit.ly/1hniikc