Podcasts
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Screen Time: The Battle for Reality
When the pandemic hit in 2020, it suddenly seemed like conspiracy theories were everywhere. And a recent poll found that 1 in 4 Canadians believe in online conspiracy theories. We’re no longer just living in different information bubbles. We’re living in different realities. On this season of Screen Time, Taylor Owen and Supriya Dwivedi dive into the murky world of online conspiracy theories and misinformation, trying and understand how we got there – and how we might bring us back.
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Big Tech
Depending who you ask, big tech is either going to save humanity or destroy us. Taylor Owen thinks it’s a little more complicated than that. Join him in conversation with leading thinkers as they make sense of a world transformed by technology.
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Screen Time
Screen Time is a documentary podcast series which explores how digital technologies are shaping the everyday lives of children and youth.
Produced as a partnership with TVO, and Antica Productions, this six-episode series brings together world-leading researchers studying kids and tech.
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Attention Control
Attention Control is a podcast series dedicated to exploring the 2019 Canadian federal election and the growing impact of technology on democracy.
From identifying fake news, to revealing who is targeting citizens with ads on social media, to protecting online privacy, this podcast is the “citizen’s guide” to understanding how technology is being used to influence voting.
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