
Ellen Helsper
@ellenhel
Professor in socio-digital inequality, interested in inequalities and vulnerability in participation in increasingly digital societies (incl social media).
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http://www2.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/WhosWho/AcademicStaff/EllenHelsper.aspx 02-03-2011 00:09:16
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#MC425 has started again. Yesterday we discussed the Turing test and now I see that jeff hancock has said that we are past the era of the Turing Test - What do the LSE Media & Communications students think? Did the bots pass the test? news.stanford.edu/2023/02/13/wil…

Listened to this on my way to LSE Media & Communications, perfect sync with #MC425 lecture on history of ICTs. Extended mind, body & interaction from writing to AI! Central Q What do we hope/fear tech supplements or substitutes (aka moral panics)? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dav…

#MC425 discussed what influences who we relate to and how. This piece has parralels with the Marianne Dainton reading! The self, system, network and culture as influencing our dating choices. Bonus Q: Do (identity) threats play a role in habit formation? theguardian.com/wellness/2024/…?

This Safer Internet Day 2024, expect to hear about the #BestInterests of the child. It’s a key #ChildRights principle, but what does it mean for #digital #platforms? And is it being delivered? #SID2024 #DigitalFuturesForChildren LSE Media & Communications 5Rights Foundation blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2024/…

in 20 minutes the REMEDIS webinar is on!!! With Diego Martinez from LSE Media & Communications and DiSTO🔸From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes presenting the theory of change underpinning this project examining the impact of Media Literacy and Digital Skills interventions on general well-being for different groups in Europe.



Unlocking tomorrow: the intersection of digital literacy, wellbeing and children’s rights Check out our new ySKILLS blog by Mariya Stoilova and Sonia Livingstone (LSE Media & Communications) #digitalskills Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 European Research Executive Agency #H2020 yskills.eu/unlocking-tomo…


A new blog - interview with the LSE Inequalities discussing the implications of the DiSTO🔸From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes and REMEDIS work we have done LSE Media & Communications around the interlinking of social and digital inequalities and effective interventions

Excited to be part of this distinguished panel presenting DiSTO🔸From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes and ySKILLS work #inequalities in critical #digital #literacy and #citizenship during the empowering truth event in Chile on #pressfreedom day. Still time to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…


At the kick-off meeting for the #Digcapabilities project NORCE: A very important and timely project on Fostering digital capabilities among youth - NEET and migrant youth in particular. More needed across the world - maybe DiSTO🔸From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes can take this on norceresearch.no/en/projects/di…

Digital disengagement refers to motivational reasons for not being online or using digital devices. This may be an active choice or linked to reasons beyond someone's control. Our new POSTnote has more on digital disengagement and impacts on exclusion: post.parliament.uk/research-brief…

Jornada «Inteligencia Artificial y Derechos de la Infancia en el Contexto Digital» #XXAniversarioPantallasAmigas 🗣️ Conferencia de Ellen Helsper, Catedrática de Desigualdades Socio-Digitales LSE Media & Communications 📅 Lunes 7 oct 📍 Google for Startups - Spain #Madrid 👍Google España @FMAPFRE PantallasAmigas

👉#DigitalFutures4Children is excited to launch "Your Rights Online Toolkit" for children and young people 👉Explore the #ChildFriendly #ChildRights #Digital toolkit here digital-futures-for-children.net/for-children/y… Please share! Suggestions welcome 😀 LSE Media & Communications 5Rights Foundation #GeneralCommentNo25


Next week Tuesday, the #UKIGF24 opening panel will discuss fostering #digital #inclusion with serious high caliber panellists Helen Milner, Prof. Lizzie Coles-Kemp, and Tim Clement-Jones (and myself). Can we eradicate digital exclusion? More info: ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-igf-…


Are you working to build a fairer world? Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity) programme, a funded fellowship for social change leaders at the LSE with the @Interactional Learn more: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/news/applicati…