5th Grade Digital Citizenship: Media Balance & Clickbait

To be balanced, how much time should you spend using media?

• One hour per day.

• As much as you want, for hours on end.

• However much feels healthy and positive, which is different for everyone.

Which three questions should you ask yourself when thinking about your own media balance?

• What? When? How much?

• Where? Who? How?

• Why? Who? Where?

Gabriel likes to watch his favorite TV show before going to school. Recently, he's been so into the show that he loses track of time and misses out on walking to school with his friends. Why might this be an issue for Gabriel?

• He misses out on catching up with his friends.

• He feels lonely on his way to school because he has no one to talk to.

• He is starting to be late to school more often.

• All of the above.

Gabriel is feeling bummed out about not being able to walk to school with his friends because he's been watching a show instead. What should he do to change that?

• Walk to school with his friends and watch the show on his phone.

• Set a limit on how much television he watches, making sure that he's ready to walk to school with his friends.

• Talk to his friends during class to make up for not being able to walk to school with them.

What does it mean to be balanced with our media?

• Everything is in equal amounts

• All of the parts are in the correct proportions and stay the same all the time

• All of the parts are in the correct proportions, which might not be equal to each other

Clickbait is ___________ created just to get clicks.

• Emails

• Headlines

• Phone calls

Which of the following are clues that something might be clickbait?

Check off all that apply.

• ​​It seems impossible or unbelievable.

• It tries to shock you with language like "You Won't Believe This!"

• It mentions something you've never heard of.

• It refers to a celebrity or popular topic.

Amelia is reading an article and sees a link that says "Go Ahead and Play That Video Game: It Might Actually Be Good for You!" Amelia is curious about why video games might be good because her mom says they're a waste of time. What is Amelia's interest in clicking this link an example of?

• Advertising

• Curiosity Gap

• Confluence

• Advertising gap

Most clickbait links are a type of ____________. This means the more times people click on these links, the more money they make.

• Storyboard

• Curiosity gap

• Hacker

• Advertising

What are some potential problems with clicking on a clickbait headline? Check off all that apply.

• computer viruses

• you can win fun giveaways

• it can lead you to a different website you didn't want to go to

• someone can steal your information