LIFI26: Is it time to switch off social media?
9 Oct 2026
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Tickets£20.00
Bookings are subject to a £2.95 transaction fee.
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VenueCourtyard
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Running time90 mins
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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
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