SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CHILDREN

COST IS0801 DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE
  SOCIAL MEDIA for CHILDREN:
Cyberbullying and Media Literacy
 
October 22nd 2009
University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
 
PROGRAM 
 
08.30-09.00 - Registration
 
09.00- 09.10   Prof. Plamen Mishev, Vice Rector of UNWE 
Welcome at UNWE
09.10-09.20    Prof. Georges Steffgen, Vice Chair of COST IS0801
            COST IS0801
 
09.20-11.00    Chair: Dr. Katia Mihailova              Social Media and Children
 
09.20-09.30    Dr. Katia Mihailova    
Social Media for Children
09.30-09.45    Prof. Tolya Stoitsova  
Social Media and Children: Less Theory, More Questions
09.45-10.05     Prof. Marilyn Campbell, Prof. Donna Cross, Prof. Phillip Slee, Prof. Barbara Spears, Prof. Alison Wotherspoon 
Cyberbullying and Social Media in Australia: Students Leading the Way
10.05-10.15    Dr. Ergyul Tair, Dr. Rumyana Bozhinova        
The Bulgarian Mass Media Reality: Main Topic Dominants and Some Directions of Influence on Youth
10.15-10.30    Ms. Justine Toms        
Bulgarian On-Line Media for Children
10.30-10.40    Mr. Maryan Tomov    
Regulation of Social Media and Child Protection
10.40-10.50    National Centre for Public Opinion Surveys    
Children and Internet
10.50-11.00    Discussion       
 
11.00-11.30    Coffee Break  

 11.30- 13.30   Chair: Dr. Jacek Pyżalski                Coping with Cyberbullying

11.30-11.45    Dr. Catarina Katzer    
Cyberbullying: The role of the Victims - A Comparison of Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying in Internet-chatrooms.
11.45-12.00    Dr. Jacek Pyżalski      
ABACUS Theory of Electronic Aggression through the Lens of Empirical Data
12.00-12.20    Prof. Rosario Ortega and Dr. Rosario Del Rey (The Spanish Panel)
                        Rosario Ortega, Joaquín Mora-Merchán, Juan Calmaestra     
Cyberbullying and Bullying in Spain: Description and prevalence.
                        Paz Elipe, Joaquin Mora-Merchán, Rosario Del Rey, Rosario Ortega 
Involvement in Cyberbullying and Perceived Emotional Intelligence
                        Joaquín Mora-Merchán, Rosario Del Rey, Rosario Ortega & Antonio Maldonado      Spanish Actions to Prevent and to Cope With Cyberbullying
12.20-12.35    “Parents” Association and Safer Internet         
Social Campaigns for Prevention of Cyberbullying
12.35-12.55    Dr. Tomas Jäger         
CyberTraining – A Research-based European Training Manual on Cyberbullying
12.55-13.30    Discussion       
 
13.30-14.30    Lunch 
 
14.30-16.00    Chair: Prof. Peter Smith                   COST IS0801 Working Group Reports
 
14.30-14.45    Prof. Peter Smith        
Introduction
14.45-15.15    Prof. Ersilia Menesini
WG1   Cyberbullying; Definition and Measurement
15.15-15.45    Dr Iain Coyne/Dr Heidi Vandebosch              
WG2   Legal Aspects of Cyberbullying
15.45-16.00    Dr. Vera Boronenko   
WG4   STSMs, ESRs and Networking
 
16.00-16.30    Coffee Break  
 
16.30-18.00    Chair: Prof. Georges Steffgen         COST IS0801 Working Group Reports (cont’d)
16.30 -17.00   Prof. Maritta Valimaki  
WG3   Guidelines and Coping Strategies
17.00-17.30    Dr.Sonja Perren                     
WG5   Research of Coping Strategies
17.30-18.00    Prof. Angela Costabile            
WG6   Positive Uses of New Technologies
 
18.00-18.30    Final Remarks 
 
19.30               COST IS0801 First Birthday Party, Vitosha Park Hotel restaurant