{"id":2638,"date":"2017-09-29T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T08:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2017-09-29T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T08:49:41","slug":"bad-news-hate-speech-social-media-and-mental-health-178-oct-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/bad-news-hate-speech-social-media-and-mental-health-178-oct-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad news: hate speech, social media and mental health (178, Oct 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s a question for the times we’re in. From the publication of hate speech and the promotion of hot-air controversialists, to the use of technology and social media to draw us into an addictive diet of endless news consumption, are news organisations actually hurting their readers?<\/p>\n

What readers consume \u2013 and how they consume it \u2013 can have tangible effects on their well-being. This\u00a0discussion looks at\u00a0how the media affects readers’ mental health, what responsibility news organisations and journalists need to take for that and what we might need to change.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The panelists: Peter Feeney<\/a> (Press Ombudsman of Ireland and formerly head of broadcast compliance at\u00a0RT\u00c9 and editor of current affairs television at\u00a0RT\u00c9), Sahar Ali<\/a> (spoken-word poet and comedian whose recent Dublin Fringe Show, Saharcasm, explored Irishish, Arabism and racism in contemporary Ireland), Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa<\/a> (managing director of web and app development company\u00a0Fusio<\/a>),\u00a0Paloma Viejo Otero<\/a> (PhD student at Dublin City University researching hate speech and social media) and Lois Kapila<\/a> (founder and managing editor of Dublin Inquirer<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The details: this event takes place at DIT, Aungier St., Dublin 2 on Thursday October 19 at 6.30pm Admission is free but spaces\u00a0are limited and tickets\u00a0should\u00a0to be reserved\u00a0in advance via this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This event is presented by Dublin Inquirer<\/a> and Banter in association with the Centre for Critical Media Literacy at DIT<\/a>.\u00a0Early bird tickets were available exclusively for Dublin Inquirer subscribers –\u00a0you can\u00a0subscribe and support\u00a0the best publication about living and working in the capital\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a question for the times we’re in. From the publication of hate speech and the promotion of hot-air controversialists, to the use of technology and social media to draw us into an addictive diet of endless news consumption, are news organisations actually hurting their readers? What readers consume \u2013 and how they consume it … <\/p>\n

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