Digital Media and your Brain - Part 1

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Essential Question

How does digital media try to hook you, and what can you do about it?

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Explore ways that different types of digital media
are, and aren't, designed to help us make good media choices.

Reflect on how digital media is designed to either help or hinder the addition of meaning and value in our lives.

Think about how to develop good, healthy habits when using digital media.

Learning Objectives

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KEY VOCABULARY

Habit

Something we do automatically without thinking

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KEY VOCABULARY

Addictive design

Features or aspects of a device or app that are intended to hook the user into frequent use

Feedback loop

A response to something you do or post online that causes your brain to experience a temporary moment of pleasure

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