HBIS Talk - SCREENAGERS & DIGITAL NATIVES
Wed Jul 26, 19:00 - Wed Jul 26, 20:30
International School of Hout Bay
ABOUT
This talk is based on master’s research that explores the relationships that South African children/students have with their cell phones in order to understand how this device informs their social experience online and offline. Central to the design of the study is a “social media detox” for which the participants agreed to restrict their social media/ cell phone use. The presentation reports on student experiences from before and after the detox. This research provides insight into how young people experience relationships with each other on and off-screen.
This talk will be relevant to parents with children of all ages that have interaction with technology.
Jess Oosthuizen spent five years working in the Insight Unit for the youth market specialist company, HDI Youth Marketeers in Johannesburg where she played a key role in running South Africa’s largest annual urban youth study, Sunday Times Generation Next which polls the opinions of over 5,500 youth (ages 8-22). Through her involvement in this study and other youth projects, Jess acquired a comprehensive understanding of youth consumer behaviour and lifestyle habits. She developed a particular interest in understanding how young people’s relationship with their cellphone is shaping their psychosocial development. In 2013, Jess was awarded the Innovation Master’s Scholarship from the National Research Foundation which enabled her to pursue her Masters in Psychology full-time at Rhodes University. Her research explores the relationship that young people have with their cellphone which is the primary device that they use to go online. At the end of 2014, Jess received a distinction for her MA research and is now doing her PhD at the University of Cape Town.
Tickets:
HBIS-Talk (also reserve your free child care (3-9 yrs old)
U18 free, R50 one adult, R75 both parents