Digital Citizenship

Which of the follow best describes a feedback loop?

• A set of design features that helps users keep media balance.

• A personal habit that you develop when you starting using socila media

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

• When you and a classmate give feedback on each other's assignments.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Humane Design

,

(b) Addictive Design

• Autoplay and countdown features

• Settings to control the number of notifications

• Penalisties for leaving the app

• Regular alerts askung you if you want to quit

• Rewards increase as you play more

• Suggestions for offline activities

Marie downloads an app that lets her connect with friends who like to run. The app has a leaderboard, and each person gets points based on ow much they run during the week. What should Marie consider when thinking about whether to receive notifications from the app?

• Do the notifications motivate her to go for a run?

• Do the notifications distract her form doing other things she needs to do?

• Do the notifications make her feel like she always needs to check the app?

• All of the above

Lin wants to play an online game with her friends. She reads the desciption of the game and realizes it contains featre like rewards for completing levels and penalties for quitting the game early. She likes the games, but doesn't want to get sucked in and skip her homework. (This has happened before!) What can Lin do to balance playing the game and doing her homework?

• Invite more friends to play the game.

• Play the game and finish her homework late at night.

• Set a timer so she plays for a specific amount o time.

• Watch her favrote show instead of playing the game.

Match the following

• Habit

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

• Feedback loop

• Something we do automatically without thinking

• Humane Design

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

• Addictive Design

• Features or aspects of a device or app that prioritize what's good for people's lives

What statement about technology is true?

• It is important to have a balance of technology and other things.

• Technology is always safe and good.

• Technology can't be harmful.

David wants to start using social media more mindfully. Which of the following is a good next step for him to do so?

• Delete all of his social media apps immediately to avoid spending

• Schedule time for him to binge use social media three times a year. Otherwise, he stays logged out of his accounts.

• Have a friend or family member frequently change his social media account passwords to decrease how often he logs in

• Curate his feed so that he sees fewer posts from friends, family, and influencers who make him feel like he needs to spend more