Social networks

Is social media hurting your mental health?

1st assignment

1. Write a summary of at least 20 lines with the main ideas of the presentation.

2. What strategies are proposed to cope with the "dark side" of social media?

3. What is the global opinion about social media, positive or negative?

Selfie Dysmorphia: How social media filters are distorting beauty

2nd assignment

1. What is selfie dysmorphia?

2. Which parts of the face and body are usually changed with filters? Why people what to apply those filters to their pictures?

3. Do you sometimes/often/always apply filters to your pictures? Do you think this may harm you in some way?

THE DIGITAL diet

3rd assignment

1. What are the signs of smartphone addiction? How to differentiate use from abuse?

2. What do you do with your smartphone that you couldn't do without it? How often do you really need a smartphone? How often do you use it just because you like it or because others use it?

3. Negative consequences of smartphone addiction: name at least three.

4. Concrete advice for controlling the abuse of the smartphone: name at least three.

The insane truth about Tik Tok

4th assignment

1. Write a summary of at least 30 lines with the main ideas of the movie, divided by chapters.

2. Which are the strategies used by Tik Tok to promote its usage? Name at least three.

3. In your opinion, what are the most positive aspects of Tik Tok? Any negatives?