Panel Two: The Troll and the Cyber Bully
Tuesday 2 November: Brisbane: 4–5pm, London 12–1pm, Los Angeles 4–5pm
Why have cyber bullying and trolling become such a problem in the online environment and what can we do about it?
Ginger Gorman is a multi-award winning social-justice journalist and editor in chief of ‘BroadAgenda’, Australia’s leading research-based gender-equality media platform. Her best-selling book ‘Troll Hunting: inside the world of online hate and its human fallout’ is a window into the mindset of trolls and the profound changes in the way we live and work in a post-internet world.
David Harvey is a District Court Judge, educator and an award-winning academic in the field information communications technology. His involvement with the New Zealand Court on information technology initiatives began in 1990, and has continued to influence his academic writing. As a consultant to the Law Commission, he helped shape New Zealand’s Harmful Electronic Communications Act (2015).
Bryan Mukandi is an ARC DECRA Research Fellow in the University of Queensland’s School of Languages and Cultures with a trans-disciplinary focus on the wellbeing of people belonging to marginalised groups that spans medicine, public health, and philosophy. His research highlights the importance of understanding the impact of institutions and informal social configurations on people’s circumstances.
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This event is presented free of charge. Please register to view at the most convenient streaming time for you using the options below:
- Brisbane: 4–5pm (NB: NSW, VIC and TAS one hour ahead of QLD)
- London: 12–1pm
- Los Angeles: 4–5pm
About Compassion and the New Technologies
The Faculty of Medicine in partnership with the Compassionate Mind Research Group of the School of Psychology presents Compassion and the New Technologies with Tegan Taylor.
What is the role of compassion in the fields of new technology?
Over the past fifty years there has been a rapid acceleration in the development of new technologies. Computation, communications and miniaturisation have brought us to a point that could hardly be imagined half a century ago. Markets have rapidly developed, and consumers have adapted, adopting each new technological innovation with alacrity. But has this made for a happier and more equitable world?
In this second series of wide-ranging conversations, we explore the role compassion can play in understanding and shaping the ways we develop and employ these new technologies. Hosted by the award-winning ABC health and science correspondent, Tegan Taylor, three diverse panels will explore successively online loneliness, cyber bullying and the potential of compassionate machines.