Tue, November 28, 2017, 3:00pm
Location:
NCRC, Building 16, Room 266C
Jan Van den Bulck, PhD
Professor, Communication Studies
Topic:
"Are the media (re-)defining how we interact with each other and with the world?
We know everything there is to know about people we have never even met. Through social media, we follow their every move. We even know their pets. Our media use interferes with healthy sleep, family meals, or even our work. Our children need levels of self-control to manage distractions that threaten their schoolwork. Or do they?"