Articles:
How Heavy Use of Social Media Is Linked to Mental Illness – The Economist
Blue Feed, Red Feed – The Wall Street Journal
Screen Time vs. Screen Use – Psychology Today
Raised by YouTube – The Atlantic
The Center for Humane Technology’s Ledger of Harms for stats and factoids
Scrutinizing the Effects of Digital Technology on Mental Health – Nature (includes film subject Jonathan Haidt’s research on social media use and mental health in teens; you can find more of Haidt’s research here)
PBS News Hour Extra – tech news + resources for students and teachers at 6–12 Grade Level
Activities:
Checkology for media literacy learning
The Misinformation Medic for the different “faces” behind social media’s Misinformation Pandemic, and Misinformation Checklist for how to spot fact from fiction
Infodemic for skills telling fact from fiction during coronavirus
Spot the Troll for teaching and learning the signs of disinformation and trolling
Let It Ripple for short films about the relationship between character, technology, and humanity
Mismatch for matching, scheduling, and real-time video conferencing for civil discourse and reducing polarization
Interland an E-Safety game created by Google. Appropriate for KS1/2.
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