A cluster of colorful, cartoonish spherical figures with large heads and small bodies, some with eyes and mouths, against a gray background.
9 Oct 2026

LIFI26: Is it time to switch off social media?

9 Oct 2026

  • Tickets
    £20.00

    Bookings are subject to a £2.95 transaction fee.

  • Venue
    Courtyard
  • Running time
    90 mins
  • Age guidance
  • Content Advisories

On average, we check our phones over 100 times a day, with social media transforming how we think, vote, shop, and even date.

But in a world of AI-generated content and mis/disinformation, has social media started to control us more than we control it?

Join our expert panel for a provocative debate on the platforms shaping modern life and analyse influencer culture to addictive doomscrolling.

What is the real psychological impact, and is it finally time to switch it all off?

Host: Joe Tidy              
Panel: Dr Sophie Bishop, Mark Farid, Katy Leeson and Megan McKenna

Tickets

Fri 9 Oct
7.30pm
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MAJOR FUNDERS

  • Arts Council
  • Leeds City Council
  • LTB Foundation
  • Founded by UK government
  • Suppoprted by west Yorkshire

Principal Partner

  • Caddick Group

Principal Access Partner

  • Irwin Mitchell