Episode 21: Social Media
Here is the video for this topic:
Links for the video:
Definition
What is social media: https://www.thebalancesmb.com/what-is-social-media-2890301#:~:text=Social%20media%20is%20any%20digital,links%20and%20short%20written%20messages.
Types of social media: https://blog.hootsuite.com/types-of-social-media/
History: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/the-history-of-social-media-infographic-1/522285/
Six Degrees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SixDegrees.com
Myspace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace
Benefits of Social Media
Well I don’t have links for this because everyone can come up with these points and the examples can be hypothetical as well.
Privacy/Permanent digital footprint
Managing your digital footprint: https://www.internetsociety.org/tutorials/your-digital-footprint-matters/
FB, Twitter hack in Feb: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51424352
Twitter hack: https://youtu.be/TkslhA0pZFo
Ads
Misleading ads
Eh I saw some vids where Youtubers test stuff from social media, so you can see it for yourself…
Safiya Nygaard (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTJwUfUd8XBj1gPxjoOBaO34jm4Vha4Ex
NerdECrafter (video):
Discriminatory FB ads: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/04/facebook-targets-ads-based-on-race-and-gender-stereotypes-study.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/08/women-less-likely-ads-high-paid-jobs-google-study
Vox vid: https://youtu.be/2wVPyiyukQc
Catfishing/grooming
Some entertainment for y’all: https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/woman-exposes-catfish-claiming-to-be-singapore-actor-desmond-tan
Some tips to avoid being catfished: https://whatismyipaddress.com/catfish
Dangers of Social media (grooming): https://youtu.be/dbg4hNHsc_8
Grooming in the news: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sexual-grooming-online-teenagers-children-12405510
What is grooming?: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/what-is-sexual-grooming/
Fake news/Deepfakes
Décodex (check the truthfulness of your sources): https://www.lemonde.fr/verification/
Can FB stop election manipulation?: https://youtu.be/AvC0nX_Vr2s
For Deepfakes: look at Ep 1 or Ep 11.
Fomo/bullying
How social media affects body image: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190311-how-social-media-affects-body-image
Tide pod challenge-how it happened: https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/02/05/the-strange-story-of-how-tide-pod-eating-went-viral/#407417bf4932
Seems like advertisers even capitalise on fomo…: https://optinmonster.com/fomo-marketing-examples-to-boost-sales/
Fomo drives addiction: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2018/06/fear-of-missing-out-driving-social-media-addiction,-study-suggests
Cyberbullying: https://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it
Carmen -a song that shows how social media can make us lonely…: https://youtu.be/UKftOH54iNU