Off the Shelf: Logging Off – Adele Zeynep Walton

In the 30 years since we’ve been a digital world, we’ve done things generations before us could never have imagined. But at what cost? As a Gen Z teenager, Adele spent hours online and used digital technology to develop her journalistic career. But, after losing her sister to online harms, she realised our current digital world is failing us. 

Big Tech barons make billions capitalising on our insecurities. These technologies are not neutral. From workers being fired by algorithms, to online forums dedicated to revenge porn, Logging Off reveals our digital world is fuelling crises that only empathy and humanity can resolve. This compelling book is a call for a radical reclamation of our digital world to bring a more humane future that empowers us all. 

‘You won’t look at your screens in the same way after reading this book’ Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism 

Adele Zeynep Walton is a British Turkish journalist, online safety campaigner and advocate for a safer digital world for young people. She is a member of Bereaved Families for Online Safety and a youth ambassador for People Vs Big Tech. 

Age Guidance: Adults and 14+

This event is part of Off the Shelf: Festival of Words from the University of Sheffield. The full festival programme is available here: https://offtheshelf.org.uk/events/ 

The event is organised by the Off the Shelf Festival. Views expressed at this event do not reflect those of Sheffield Museums.