ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA

AXE 4: Citizenship and virtual worlds

Insta-Feed Your Ego, Ben Fearnley, 2018

Télécharger 1 FILE 2 ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA worksheet

KEY QUESTION: How can your online life impact your real life?

Télécharger 1 Social media and dopamine READING

Télécharger 1 FILE 2 ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA worksheet

PRACTISE PHONETICS HERE:

Télécharger 2 Living in a second world gap_filling exercise

GAP-FILLING EXERCISE

HOMEWORK: EXTRA READING

How I got rid of my instagram addiction

Fighting a habit can be very hard, especially if there is an army of programmers, behavior scientists as well as data analysts working against you. I am speaking of the habit of wasting hours of ...

https://medium.com/@leblon/how-i-got-rid-of-my-instagram-addiction-6c6da4ab2473

A REPUTATION SHATTERED

KEY QUESTION: Has public shaming returned?

Télécharger 3 VIDEO A reputation worksheet

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WRITTEN COMPREHENSION

METHOD and TRAINING

The revolution will be hashtagged

Télécharger CO et CE Method strategies A FORCE FOR GOOD

Télécharger 5 The revolution will be hashtagged voc

Télécharger 4 The Revolution will be hashtagged READING

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HOMEWORK: A force for good

KEY QUESTION: How can you use social media to make your voice heard?

MISSION 1: Dive into the article The Revolution will be hashtagged, by Laura Fay and explain how social media has “revolutionized citizens’ participation” in society.

Télécharger 4 A force for good worksheet

READING COMPREHENSION

Reading comprehension

READ THE TEXT

1. Focus on these teenagers’ emotions when they use social media. What problems does it reveal?
2. Explain what “the second world” is.
3. Are there benefits to being on social media?
4. Are there disadvantages to being on social media?

DRAW A CONCLUSION

1. What are the similarities and differences between the characters in the two documents? (Cartoon + text)
2. Do you see yourself in these characters?

Télécharger 2 FEED 1 Living in a second world text worksheet

Télécharger 2 Living in a second world READING

EXTRA READING

Faking it: how selfie dysmorphia is driving people to seek surgery

People used to call Anika the Snap Queen. Between the ages of 19 and 21, she was "obsessed with Snapchat, to the point where I had 4,000 followers". At the peak of her "tragic" behaviour, she ...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/23/faking-it-how-selfie-dysmorphia-is-driving-people-to-seek-surgery

IS THE FUTURE NOW ?

MISSION 1: Look at the comic book cover and the photo

1. What rating system do the stars remind you of?
2. Focus on the woman’s face and explain how she is feeling?
3. Watch the featurette and explain what you have understood.

Télécharger 6 Is the future now worksheet

Télécharger 6 C

Your reactions to Nosedive

EXTRA INFORMATION

The Chinese Social Credit System

Télécharger VOCAB RECAP SOCIAL MEDIA P

Listen to the Social Media Vocabulary