Living in a Digital Age Healthcheck
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Come and join a discussion around these areas, in a session for #CNMAC14, 1st November 2014. Session description: Digital health check: The omnipresence of digital can pose challenges. Explore with Dr Bex how to keep your life in balance. Dr Bex Lewis, CODEC See more at: http://www.newmediacentreofexcellence.org.uk/cnmac/conference/agenda#sthash.Y6UpJkFe.dpuf
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Living in a Digital Age Healthcheck
- 2. HEALTHCHECK: LIVING IN A DIGITAL AGE Dr Bex Lewis @drbexl Research Fellow in Social Media and Online Learning, CODEC Centre for Digital Theology, Durham University Director, Digital Fingerprint
- 4. @drbexl Taking the Pulse…
- 5. @drbexl “The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
- 6. You Setting Other Change @drbexl
- 7. @drbexl “As young people develop their identities they need guidance and support, particularly from the significant adults in their lives. The behaviour that those adults model, whether it’s with regard to digital technologies or great historical events such as the Holocaust, or even in the way the cleaner is treated, is important in helping children define their own identity, values, and attitudes.” Raising Children in a Digital Age, p.101
- 8. LIFESTYLE
- 9. @drbexl (Work) Boundaries • Expectations of your availability: not NOW • Journaling your habits • Working at home: a dedicated ‘work space’? • Buzzing with ideas? Note it down & move on • Disable push notifications • Create separate user profiles in Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824?hl=en
- 10. @drbexl Dodgy Health Information A fifteen-year-old girl tries to diet but finds herself bingeing soon afterwards. Ashamed, and even more concerned about how this will affect her weight, she searches for help online, but finds a “pro-mia” website. Or a fifty-three-year-old man, faced with redundancy, wonders how he will manage without his work and income. Too ashamed to talk to his wife or his GP, he enters a forum for those suffering from depression, but instead of support, he finds aggressive interactions and accounts of self-harm. Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, 2011
- 11. @drbexl Taking time out.. “It's about family togetherness, personal growth and development, and being masters over our environment - rather than enabling our fast-moving, sophisticated world and electronic equipment to dominate us.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29751577 Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaking of ‘Shabbat UK’, October 2014
- 12. @drbexl Conversation “The epiphany for me was that I’d become a terrific broadcaster and a terrible communicator…. There was an awful lot of telling going on and not a lot of listening” Daniel Sieberg, The Digital Diet, 2011, p.26
- 13. PHYSICAL
- 14. @drbexl Physical Set Up
- 19. @drbexl Late Night Screens?
- 20. SPIRITUAL
- 21. @drbexl Spiritual Disciplines? “Jesus sets an example for us of how to boost our spiritual health. He engaged in spiritual disciplines such as solitude, silence, service, study, prayer, worship and fasting.”
- 22. @drbexl
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- Approx 40 mins – have a number of thoughts that I want to trigger a bit of conversation with … we’ll see how far we get through, though would like to get to each section… physical, lifestyle and spiritual approaches… Image credits = from Stockfresh, Wikipedia or iStockphoto unless otherwise specified…
- … Hello, introduce self… (latest version of Twitter) - This book written to help fight against ‘moral panics’ – we’ve survived every other technological development … and we need to think what differences it makes to our lives … but not be over-awed by it all… Covers a lot of digital culture, designed to take the fear out of using it – seen as the biggest sticking point for most… so useful for all, but with particular focus on those aspects that affect kids
- Handraises… (and these are intended to be non-judgmental, although I think we’re veering towards the negative … unusual for me….) Is your default to reach for your mobile phone at any pause (or even mid) conversation? Do you get to the end of a conversation and have no idea what is said? Does something only ‘exist’ for you once you have Facebooked or tweeted about it? Does the beep of your phone trump everything else? Have you found yourself in a room where all are ignoring each other because you’re all on the phone? Have you got engaged in ‘rather heated’ conversations on Facebook or Twitter? Why might any of these be unhealthy? What I want to look at is how far we can make a difference to any of these things (know that I trained as a life coach, where the typical question is “how would it be to try x?” … and I have been trying many of these things, and experimenting with different ways of ‘being’ … so we’re exploring these issues together…
- Came across this quote as pulling together this material… always these kind of conversations circulate around technology… This speech likely 1960s, but in checking his Nobel Peace prize speech from 1964 – he added The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html Technologically we have learned to do lots of things, but what ‘good’ have we learnt how to do with it ….
- … and how far have we learned to think about how we, the other, and our culture can impact this … and if we’re thinking change management – which of these bits do we have control over … how many times have we heard ‘you can’t change the other person?’, and often, how much can we change the setting (or the technology/our culture) – without leaving it – in the way that my church did when I was growing up (TV = has bad content so let’s not watch it)… how can we become salt and light in that space, but also think about how we can engage with it well – for ourselves and for others (my book was Raising Children in a Digital Age not Parenting in a Digital Age because we have a corporate responsibility not just individualistic!)
- People in the past hardly ever complained of stress or depression, but these have become almost synonymous with the modern way of life… http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2011/12/men/ but do we blame the technology, our culture, or our behaviour? How much do we learn from each other, support and encourage each other to think about how we engage online!
- People aren’t always available NOW See this is a mix of changing culture = managing people’s expectations (if they don’t want to accept that, is there more of a conversation to be had?) – I used to have an out of office that told students to expect a response within 48 hours – and they’d been told this in lectures too… just because they’d left it to the last minute it was not my job to stay up late – sounds harsh, but a bit like managing kids – if don’t stick to it – it slips, and suddenly you’re working 24/7 (and yes, this still happens to me), journaling I’ve not tried – but even just noting what I tend to do allows me to stop and think about how I might try something different - http://www.drjonbird.e-vps.net/workhomeboundaries/papers/Chong.pdf managing your physical and mental space so that you can compartmentalise your working space and also ‘put things down’, and introducing technological changes such as turning off the ping every time that an email comes in from work (you may even have separate devices, or times that you look at things)… We tend to have one device for both areas of our life… sIn many ways these things have become blurred, but if you don’t want to be working 24/7 and yes, there is the obvious – we are encouraged to rest – both biblically, and by the way that our bodies work (and WW2 they tried to have an 8 day week – it didn’t work…) http://blog.bradleygauthier.com/separate-work-personal-life/ (Virtual forwarding number – is there a UK option?) Chrome: Multiple Users: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824?hl=en
- How do people deal with difficult/embarrassing questions – look online … a feeling of not being along, support, information can all help…. But can be a dark side to such sites which may be sharing ‘wrong’ information, or encouragement to how to be a better ‘anorexic’, etc. How can we ensure that all of us keep communication lines open to be able to discuss this kind of staff more openly… (seeing increased amount of info re mental health).. If we just block sites, Reg Bailey from Mother’s Union says will drive people to seek advice from more devious sites, so better to ensure these conversations are in the public arena… “Dr Rachel O’Connell, an internet safety expert in this area, notes that many organizations have been reluctant to set up online health sites, so other sites have grown to fill the gap. There is a significant danger that, because many sites are unmoderated, information isn’t monitored, so incorrect answers go unchallenged. In 2012, 10 per cent of European children aged between eleven and sixteen reported that they had seen pro-anorexia sites, and this increased to one in five teenage girls in the fourteen- to sixteen age group. Seven per cent of young people have seen sites that advocate self-harm and 5 per cent have seen suicide sites.4 Don’t assume that what your children are accessing is harmful or that they are intending to act on what they read in those visits, but look for opportunities to open discussion about the advice they are looking at.” http://www.tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/about-us/news/ensuring-mental-wellbeing-online
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbat#mediaviewer/File:Shabbat_Candles.jpg P181 Raising Children - Some have tested extreme detoxes. Susan Maushart, writing for the Daily Mail, undertook a six-month “technology blackout” for her entire family, which she viewed as a consciousness- raising exercise rather than a long-term strategy.7 Paul Millar, a technology journalist, disconnected from the internet for a year but found that, after the initial feeling of “freedom”, he picked up other bad habits. He ignored his post and his friends, allowed the dust to gather on his exercise equipment, failed to turn boredom into creativity, and sat and did nothing. On analysing this for an article for The Verge magazine, he was able to make more informed technology choices once he reconnected. Can be hard culturally – especially if other people expect you to be there (p129 book) - Because of “FOMO” (Fear of Missing Out), mobile-free time is seen as a bit of a luxury enjoyed only by those who feel secure in their position in their social network (and I’m not just talking Facebook here). Thus 80 per cent never turn their phone off, partly to enable friends to be able to get in touch if they are having a bad time. One sixteen-year-old girl, however, said: I believe that in order to have a healthy mobile phone culture we need to find out how we can avoid the demand of being publicly present around the clock. To have some clear restrictions when people have time to turn off their mobile, the computer, and log off completely – to prevent stress becoming a national disease.3 Antony Mayfield, a digital consultant, notes that we like to pretend that we’re in thrall to our machines: “Oh, I must take this call”, but the machines don’t care what we do. (attention spans – maybe we’ve found a space that works for us, but if you are getting distracted, what behavioural changes have you considered - and addiction - term that is overused and very much like other addictions when real – something that people seem to be proud of … could all fit here)
- 1990s – what many people remember – was quite ‘lonely’ and nerdy … but common practice in the same way as many used to phone home – are really being antisocial if talking to range of people online, but question how the balance is again I think comes into this – spending all time online (a complete boon for those unable to get to x, but probably not to encouraged as a general rule), and also, what kind of interactions are you undertaking… Remember the ‘listening’ side of all this…
- http://www.back2.co.uk/Workstation_Advice.pdf Traditional advice – thinking about your working space… how do you think this has changed with digital? If sitting for a long time, still need to think about this… but a few newer thoughts…
- Just to note, this is a real bug-bear of mine – try and be focused where you are – particularly when your own/others safety is at risk… don’t text/talk and drive – it’s so tempting, it seems so quick – but please don’t! http://www.billingworld.com/blogs/live-events/2013/10/~/media/C4FC70972B2D4659A3029820AD2460A8.ashx - see also http://youtu.be/rClJW9gnchc (rather cheesy and laboured, but…)
- Curious what people think of this invention … a ‘phone lane’ for those texting as there’s been a rise in people walking into telegraph poles, etc… (I might have mine out for SatNav, rarely for others)
- P161 book – “With regard to vision problems, excessive eye strain is possible if too much time is spent on screen, so frequent breaks should be taken.1 Some call this the “20–20–10” rule: every twenty minutes users should take their eyes off the computer and look at an object at least twenty feet (six metres) away for at least ten seconds, and the younger the user, the less time you are likely to want them to spend on screen. Ensure that there is backlighting for any screens, and that users are not in a darkened room. Sanford ophthalmologist Dr Geoffrey Tufty said: “When you’re concentrating on a near object, such as an iPad or book or iPhone, you blink less. When you blink less, your eyes dry out. When the eyes dry out, they get tired and burn.” If your child is suffering from eye fatigue, Tufty suggests you get them to take a break from the iPad around every fifteen minutes. “Shut it off. Do something that requires them not to focus within that arm’s length range.” Nevertheless, he says there’s no evidence that using tablets or even smartphones can lead to long-term vision problems, and don’t forget that they are a great learning tool.2” Image: RGB Stock
- P165 book “There are constant references in the media to the “fact” that digital media are “rewiring children’s brains”. Journalist Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows has been particularly influential in this context. He discusses changes in the brain, and how, as a child, he used to get lost in the twists and turns of a book, but now “can’t concentrate” as he clicks among the data his brain has become hungry for. As his old computer turned him into a word processor, so the new machine has made him into a high-speed data-processing machine.5 Technology certainly does make it possible for us to change our practices, but I am a notorious “polymath”, and a good book or film, or even (dare I say) the writing process, can draw me in for several hours, so I’m not convinced by his arguments. Newspaper headlines have promoted the idea that the internet is changing our brains, typically for the worse. In the Pew 2012 “Hyper-connected” survey, a number of experts highlighted how every activity we undertake will affect our brain functioning or our thinking, but that doesn’t make it inherently bad. Communications consultant Stowe Boyd said: The reason that kids are adapting so quickly to social tools online is because they align directly with human social connection, much of which takes place below our awareness. Social tools are being adopted because they match the shape of our minds, but yes, they also stretch our minds based on use and mastery, just like martial arts, playing the piano, and badminton. Blogger, journalist, and communications professor Jeff Jarvis said we are experiencing a transition from a textual era, so we are thinking differently, but that doesn’t mean that the physiology of our brains is different: Before the press, information was passed mouth-to-ear, scribe-to-scribe; it was changed in the process; there was little sense of ownership and authorship. In the five-century-long Gutenberg era, text did set how we see our world: serially with a neat beginning and a defined end; permanent; authored. Now, we are passing out of this textual era and that may well affect how we look at our world. That may appear to change how we think. But it won’t change our wires.6” Image: RGB Stock
- Communications regulator Ofcom said UK adults spend an average of eight hours and 41 minutes a day on media devices, compared with the average night's sleep of eight hours and 21 minutes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28677674 Scientific American – 2 hours of use of iPad at max brightness = supress people’s normal nighttime release of melatonin – key hormone in body clock … means not telling your body that you’re sleep – delay the signal = trouble getting to sleep? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bright-screens-could-delay-bedtime My experiments with this.. (TV/iPad/Paper books) … Image Source: Stockfresh
- On bigbible.org.uk been thinking over past 4 years how we can encourage people to think about what it means to be a Christian in a digital age (as well as the original remit of biblical literacy) – new site coming … more of a focus on this … how are our being, our thinking, our spiritual health affected by living in a technological age … do we need to think about what we’re doing, and what it means to grow and develop as a Christian… so a few thoughts here… http://www.christianpost.com/news/top-10-ways-to-boost-spiritual-health-51322/
- The obvious is being able to build up your spiritual health via engagement with your Bible – yes – you may not be carrying a paper copy everywhere, but most of us have phones on us … download an app such as ‘YouVersion: The Bible’ to access the Bible in a range of different languages, do it individually, allow it to hold you accountable, find a group discussing what you’re reading, etc.. http://www.theworshipcloud.com/view/images/ipad-bible
- There’s lots of people saying that the word ‘friend’ has been diminished by its use on social networks … has it? How can we use it to enrich our relationships, maintain connections with more people, but not at the expense of deeper friendships – allow people to feel included? Here’s a couple of shots of some of my friendship connections – I can see these people appearing in my timeline and pray for them – send them a message to say that I’m thinking of them – but with care that this is not at the expense of meeting f2f or undertaking action when required… (saying I’m praying sometimes needs something active behind it)… What can I learn about them from my timeline … e.g. those suffering from depression wouldn’t text 50 people, but we can share more widely online… know who to connect with – but how do we help protect people from oversharing … how do we ensure that grace and love are at the heart of what we’re doing?
- Time-saving = room for other priorities … not to feed productivity but stewardship… so you may play games … this is not about everything must achieve something – and this is me I am speaking to… one of life’s achievers! Shared calendars to connect, stuff to research (just beware the spiral of information) – especially crowdsourcing the latest thinking, saving on travel time – look for the positives, not just seeing it as a big timesuck… you are the one who is spending the time… http://www.churchleaders.com/files/article_images/3.9.ManageStewardTime_352154367.jpg
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