People in Dubbo and the region will be asked ‘Do you need a digital diet?’ when a leading education academic presents a free public lecture at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo on Wednesday 13 November. Professor of Education and Head of the CSU School of Teacher Education, Tara Brabazon, will speak about the need to manage our fixation with digital social media that has resulted from recent rapid technological developments. “I will challenge the audience – and people everywhere - to move from information obesity to intellectual fitness by developing ‘information literacy’,” Professor Brabazon said. “I argue that we need to learn to manage the confusion and disruption of our modern lives, as they are increasingly swamped by the digital beep-beep-beep of Facebook updates, Twitter, and mobile phone messages.” You can view Professor Brabazon’s YouTube video invitation to attend here. She will also launch her new book, Digital Dieting, during the public lecture.