digital resilience – Digiscope

The physicality of reading: presence and authority of an eBook vs paper

Are you a reader? Have you ever been lost in a book for hours not realising that it has already got dark? Have you ever had a temptation to skip a few pages or to peak in the end of the book? Have you had an experience of words lifting of a page and hitting you, causing to put the book down to process what you’ve read? All of the experiences relate to the physicality of reading and the special…

Why thirteen is the worst age for social media

15 July 2020

Iris Urazov

Parenting in the Digital world

Parents know very well the pressure to let their children have a social media account even before the legal age of thirteen. As mum, I would argue that the limit should be flexible and it all depends on the particular family and the child. Although as a researcher, I would argue that from a developmental point of view thirteen is still far too early, and even 14-15 is still not ideal. In 2016, when I started visiting schools in London…