Social Media for Our Children and Ourselves

February 22, 2017

To analyze the consequences of this phenomenon, Catherine Blaya, professor of science education at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and who oversees the International Observation Center for Violence in Schools, was invited by the Lycée.
Her research focuses on comparative studies regarding school violence problems, juvenile delinquency, school dropout and cyberbullying. She is President of the International Observatory on Violence in School, she served on the Committee of Sponsoring the Coordination for education for non-violence and peace.

Bernard Harcourt, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, and Director of Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought. Alumnus from the LFNY, Bernard Harcourt is the author of Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age.

Moderated by Jeffrey Kluger, Editor-at-large, Time magazine.

The Lycée Français de New York pressed the pause button on our digital lives — laptops off, twitter feeds quiet, facebook disconnected — if only for a couple of hours to take a step back and think about these social media that seem to have invaded our universe and even more so that of our children.

You can enjoy the complete debate here.
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