{"id":29411,"date":"2022-08-21T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29411"},"modified":"2022-08-21T13:08:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T13:08:29","slug":"ono-scholar-discusses-metaverses-dangers-to-children-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-scholar-discusses-metaverses-dangers-to-children-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar Discusses Metaverse\u2019s Dangers to Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"559\" class=\"wp-image-29412 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-1.22-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-1.22-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-1.22-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/Efrat-Shalvi-Metaverse-1.22-1-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<p><strong>Ono Scholar Discusses Metaverse\u2019s Dangers to Children<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Efrat Shalvi, a researcher in the fields of communications, gender and society at Ono Academic College, was recently interviewed by Israel TV Channel 12\u2019s technology reporter Ben Mittelman about the transformational nature of the Metaverse. The story provided into a glimpse into the future where, due to the Metaverse technological revolution, reality and the virtual world meet. One of the questions asked is, \u201cHow dangerous is the Metaverse?\u201d<br \/>Dr. Efrat Shalvi a researcher in the fields of communications, gender and society at Ono Academic College made the point that \u201cThe bottom line is that you get married to a person, not to some kind of avatar. The bottom line is that our kids are human beings. We need to know how to connect with them. This is the fundamental problem with these virtual worlds \u2013 they don\u2019t allow us to have real social interaction and they cause us, even more, to close ourselves up in our homes.<br \/>Dr. Shalvi worried that our children won\u2019t just see the metaverse\u2019s content, and be influenced by it. They will find themselves in living in a very realistic but virtual situation that has no end and from which there is no refuge. She suggested that a child who is bullied in school might return home to play a video game where his school mates continue to bully him, realistically, and in his own residence. She worries that our children don\u2019t even have the tools to communicate such experiences to their parents to get support.<br \/>To view the entire video clip, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radiomp4\/2022\/01\/04\/11157457.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Scholar Discusses Metaverse\u2019s Dangers to Children Dr. Efrat Shalvi, a researcher in the fields of communications, gender and society at Ono Academic College, was recently interviewed by Israel TV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":29412,"menu_order":465,"template":"","class_list":["post-29411","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}