Children in Virtual Worlds:
Childhood, Internet, Computer,
TV, Videogames

Organised by

University of Studies of Palermo

and

SIPtech - Italian Society of Psychotechnology and
Clinic of New Media
(Special division of Italian Psychiatric Association)

November 22-23, 2002
Palermo, Italy
Steri Palace’s Hall
Marina Square

Supported by:
Ministry of Telecommunication,
Ministry of Health,
Ministry of Education and of University
Ministry of Technological Innovation

Organizing Secretariat:
LISTEN, Caracciolo Centre, Libertà Street, 100
Phone: +39 0916259629,
e-mail: labadan@unipa.it
Web site: www.siptech.it, www.futuregeneration.it

Honorary Committee: Salvatore Cuffaro, Patrizia Lendinara, A. E. Cardinale, Ettore Cittadini, Provveditore agli Studi.

Scientific Committee: Fabio Canziani, Maurizio Cardaci Derrik de Kerckove, Angela Maria Di Vita, Maurizio Gentile, Pierluigi Giordano

Organizing Committee: Stefania Cannizzaro, Giusy Guarneri, Caterina La Cascia, Concetta Mezzatesta, Patrizia Nacci, Marilena Schiera

Provisory Topics and Lectors

November, 22

ore 9,30
D. La Barbera: Poetry and fairy tale as virtual spaces of mind

Claude Chambon: Space and time in virtual reality’s experiences

F. Canziani: Virtual training for the treatment of children with physical and mental handicap

ore 11

Coffee break

ore 11,30

D. de Kerckhove: Children and connected intelligence

M. Cardaci: Telematic and cognitive functions

A. Oliverio: Emotive life in new adolescents

ore 13

Discussion

ore 13,30

Lunch-break

ore 15

Tonino Cantelmi

Vittorio Lingiardi

Stefania Cannizzaro

ore 16,30

coffee-break

ore 17

Manuela Iacono: Baby Internet: properties of infant Net-users

Massimo di Giannantonio: Psychosocial attributes of Net-adolescents

November, 23

ore 9-13

V. Caretti: Psicodinamic of children’s relationship with technological instruments

M. Strano: La cyberpaedophilia

Communications and preordinary participations

SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE
The recent data about diffusion of technological communication in childhood point out more and more important involvement in children’s use of these instruments.
The first child’s contact with hold and new Media’s World is much earlier then past.
Children and adolescents seem to have a spontaneous, immediate, favourite and direct relationship with this world, often without adults’ presence, and often teach to their parents and grandparents to use computer and digital technologies.
It’s evident the psychological and social importance of these phenomena; and it’s clear too the interest of experts of all the world for the relationship between baby and adolescent and communication technologies.
This relation must be study for its implication about extraordinary opportunities of knowledge, and about cognitive and emotive mutations who get new patterns, approach and strategies.

Back