by David Niven | Oct 31, 2013 | Media, Social Media, Social Work, Training
“For a newly qualified social worker the landscape they’ve qualified into could not be more challenging” What does the world hold for a Newly Qualified Social Worker? Especially with the reputation that much of the media has accredited to the...
by David Niven | Oct 24, 2013 | Social Media
Facebook allows explicit content You’d think that with a company that size, when they make decisions, they would partly be made for a good reason, partly be to please the customers and partly not to drive people away. So when they decided to allow videos...
by David Niven | Oct 15, 2013 | Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Social Media
Abusive images of children In recent years so much anxiety has been created amongst parent groups by an upsurge in the advice given about recording significant parts of childhood. The premise for this was that no child should have their picture taken or video made of...
by David Niven | Oct 9, 2013 | Child Abuse, Children & Social Care, Social Media, Social Work
Media & care of the elderly Several things today caught my attention. I had been contacted to do some media interviews about Tracey Connelly being recommended for release by the parole board, ruling that she’s no longer a danger. The source of the media request...
by daveniven | Sep 11, 2013 | Children, Media, Social Media
I’d like to talk again about social media and the responsibilities of the bigger players and their role to protect the vulnerable. Not long ago I was co-host of a conference looking at children in the media and Facebook and Google sent representatives to address...
