{"id":1573,"date":"2024-10-24T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2024-11-04T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:05:16","slug":"our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Digital Lives &#8211; Let&#8217;s Talk About Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Join us online for a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8b9eb2f1244852e2bda8f4e4ed93bea2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/festivalofsocialscience.com\/events\/digital-after-dark..-lets-talk-about-money\/\">BOOK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In conversation with Thrifty Clair<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our special guest, Instagram money saving queen <a href=\"https:\/\/thriftyclair.com\/me\/\">Thrifty Clair<\/a> will be joining us for an in conversation with Dr Lisa Garwood-Cross about the ways digitial apps and technology can be used to save and manage money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Funny Money: Avoiding hackers, scammers, and Ponzi schemes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this talk Dr Tom Redshaw will share insights and stories from his research into the cryptocurrencies, designed to help you understand and avoid the wide range of criminality and other social harms associated with the technology. As well as drawing on his own research, Tom will be sharing insights from a group of international scholars he has brought together for a book currently in the works, &#8216;Crypto Crises&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial growth and the &#8216;gram: women, personal finance and Instagram<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuening Li from National University of Ireland, Maynooth explores the lengthy terms and conditions users often skip when signing up for digital banking apps. Drawing on her PhD research, Yuening Li discusses the findings from analysing eight popular banking apps in the UK and Ireland and the ambiguities in user information, consent and excessive use of personal data. Helping us consider how we navigate the increasingly complex technical language we encounter and what we might be agreeing to unintentionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can book to join this event <a href=\"https:\/\/festivalofsocialscience.com\/events\/digital-after-dark..-lets-talk-about-money\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-f9158e292e7265e5d125f976feba6101\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/defining-digital\/\"><strong>What is &#8216;The Digital&#8217;?<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-7f0b904f685c632ddd338c9b7f5377e0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/digital-society\/who-we-are\/\">Who are we<\/a>?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-63916ff2fecf00aa602fcefe50f7e384\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/digital-society\/our-digital-lives\/\">Our Digital Lives<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us online for a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you! BOOK HERE In conversation with Thrifty Clair Our special guest, Instagram money saving queen Thrifty Clair will be joining us for an in conversation with Dr Lisa Garwood-Cross about the ways digitial apps and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,50,52,51,53,54,57,55,43],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-society","tag-apps","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-digital-banking","tag-digital-ethics","tag-finance","tag-money","tag-money-saving","tag-personal-finance","tag-public-engagement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our Digital Lives - Let&#039;s Talk About Money - Centre for Research on Inclusive Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grab a drink on us and enjoy a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Digital Lives - Let&#039;s Talk About Money - Centre for Research on Inclusive Society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grab a drink on us and enjoy a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-24T07:44:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-04T15:05:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1233\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"798\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Light\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Light\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ben Light\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/person\/24254003191e6f3b3fc283d3ea589287\"},\"headline\":\"Our Digital Lives &#8211; Let&#8217;s Talk About Money\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-24T07:44:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-04T15:05:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"apps\",\"cryptocurrencies\",\"digital banking\",\"digital ethics\",\"finance\",\"money\",\"money saving\",\"personal finance\",\"public engagement\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Digital Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\",\"name\":\"Our Digital Lives - Let's Talk About Money - Centre for Research on Inclusive Society\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-24T07:44:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-04T15:05:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Grab a drink on us and enjoy a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg\",\"width\":1233,\"height\":798},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Digital Lives &#8211; Let&#8217;s Talk About Money\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/\",\"name\":\"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2025\/02\/university-salford-logo-400x250-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2025\/02\/university-salford-logo-400x250-1.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/person\/24254003191e6f3b3fc283d3ea589287\",\"name\":\"Ben Light\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0109582c79df85c743353251b67a97e90b93e1976c9cc4dcb58911a980dae08b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0109582c79df85c743353251b67a97e90b93e1976c9cc4dcb58911a980dae08b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0109582c79df85c743353251b67a97e90b93e1976c9cc4dcb58911a980dae08b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ben Light\"},\"description\":\"My research concerns people\u2019s everyday experiences of digital media with a focus on (non)consumption, gender and sexuality, digital methods, and digital media engagement for arts, culture, health and wellbeing. I am author (with Susanna Paasonen and Kylie Jarrett) of NSFW: Sex and Humor in Social Meida (2019 MIT Press) and Disconnecting with Social Networking Sites (Palgrave 2014). I have published widely in journals such as New Media and Society, First Monday, Information Communication and Society, Cultural Sociology, Information Technology and People, Convergence and Continuum. I am an Associate Editor for New Media and Society and Social Media and Society.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/salford-repository.worktribe.com\/person\/1169307\/prof-ben-light\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/author\/ben-light\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our Digital Lives - Let's Talk About Money - Centre for Research on Inclusive Society","description":"Grab a drink on us and enjoy a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our Digital Lives - Let's Talk About Money - Centre for Research on Inclusive Society","og_description":"Grab a drink on us and enjoy a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!","og_url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/","og_site_name":"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society","article_published_time":"2024-10-24T07:44:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-04T15:05:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1233,"height":798,"url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ben Light","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ben Light","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/"},"author":{"name":"Ben Light","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/person\/24254003191e6f3b3fc283d3ea589287"},"headline":"Our Digital Lives &#8211; Let&#8217;s Talk About Money","datePublished":"2024-10-24T07:44:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-04T15:05:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/"},"wordCount":258,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg","keywords":["apps","cryptocurrencies","digital banking","digital ethics","finance","money","money saving","personal finance","public engagement"],"articleSection":["Digital Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/","url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/","name":"Our Digital Lives - Let's Talk About Money - Centre for Research on Inclusive Society","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-24T07:44:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-04T15:05:16+00:00","description":"Grab a drink on us and enjoy a relaxed evening about how digital technology impacts our financial lives, and what it means for you!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2024\/10\/Digital_Money_-_28de80_-_8cd07b4bc2847f4e5b720292f8f793ef5caf23b5.jpg","width":1233,"height":798},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/our-digital-lives-lets-talk-about-money\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Digital Lives &#8211; Let&#8217;s Talk About Money"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/","name":"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#organization","name":"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society","url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2025\/02\/university-salford-logo-400x250-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2025\/02\/university-salford-logo-400x250-1.png","width":400,"height":250,"caption":"Centre for Research on Inclusive Society"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/#\/schema\/person\/24254003191e6f3b3fc283d3ea589287","name":"Ben Light","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0109582c79df85c743353251b67a97e90b93e1976c9cc4dcb58911a980dae08b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0109582c79df85c743353251b67a97e90b93e1976c9cc4dcb58911a980dae08b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0109582c79df85c743353251b67a97e90b93e1976c9cc4dcb58911a980dae08b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ben Light"},"description":"My research concerns people\u2019s everyday experiences of digital media with a focus on (non)consumption, gender and sexuality, digital methods, and digital media engagement for arts, culture, health and wellbeing. I am author (with Susanna Paasonen and Kylie Jarrett) of NSFW: Sex and Humor in Social Meida (2019 MIT Press) and Disconnecting with Social Networking Sites (Palgrave 2014). I have published widely in journals such as New Media and Society, First Monday, Information Communication and Society, Cultural Sociology, Information Technology and People, Convergence and Continuum. I am an Associate Editor for New Media and Society and Social Media and Society.","sameAs":["https:\/\/salford-repository.worktribe.com\/person\/1169307\/prof-ben-light"],"url":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/author\/ben-light\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/inclusive-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}