UK Lesson Plan
Digital Media and Your Brain (UK)
How does digital media try to hook you and what can you do about it?
Age
13–14Time
45 mins.
Objectives
- Explore ways that different digital media are, and aren't, designed to help them make good media choices.
- Reflect on how digital media is designed to either help or hinder the addition of meaning and value to their lives.
- Think about how to develop good, healthy habits when using digital media.
Vocabulary
addictive design .
feedback loop .
habit .
humane design
addictive design – features of an app or device that try to hook you into using it frequently
feedback loop – when you get a response to something you do or post online, causing your brain to experience a temporary moment of pleasure
habit – something we do automatically without thinking
humane design – features or aspects of a device or an app that prioritise what's good for people's lives
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