Sign up for our Digital Wellbeing Summer Workshop Series
How can seeing and posting images online affect body image?
How to be more mindful of “internalizing” unrealistic images and videos?
How is AI related to your digital life?
How can AI affect your digital wellbeing?
Topics discussed during the workshop:
Social media & body image perception: How does social media influence teenagers' perceptions of body image? What role do social contexts play, such as peer content, platform influencers?
Examples of body-positive content
AI: how it works and how we interact with it on social media (newsfeed, advertisements, filters, moderation)
Final pitch presentations:
What are the most relevant, pressing concerns of adolescent girls regarding their body image on digital spaces?
How can designers improve wellbeing and reduce harms regarding girls’ body image and wellbeing? What design features (including AI) would be relevant to manipulate/reform?
What recommendations do you have for friends, parents, teachers, industry professionals about digital wellbeing, body image, and/or algorithms?
We propose a new app, BecomeTheBest, to support young girl's body wellbeing during social media use, leveraging AI to support positive and healthy interests online.
We propose a new algorithm focused on promoting body positivity and making people feel more comfortable sharing their authentic selves!
We designed a new home page "positive page" for body positivity in our new algorithm.
Our algorithm redesign lets users' emotions shape the content they see.
Our group developed an algorithm redesign for Instagram. Our new product prioritizes user well-being and body positivity. We also incorporated AI into our algorithm to create a more personalized experience for users.
Our group introduces a new algorithm for Instagram, Posagram, which promotes and spreads positivity on Instagram.
Activities
4 activities in total with an emphasis on...
● Team building
● Wellbeing discussion
● Persona creation
Witness Positive change in social media usage, body image attitudes, and AI comprehension