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8th Grade - Media Balance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes a feedback loop?

a)

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

b)

A personal habit that you develop when you start using social media.

c)

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

d)

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

2.

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

a)

What? When? How much?

b)

Where? Who? How?

c)

Here? There? Everywhere?

3.

About how many hours per day are you on a visual media such as video games, youtube, social media, netflix, etc.?

a)

0 to 2 hours

b)

2.5 to 4 hours

c)

4.5 to 7 hours

d)

more than 8 hours

4.

What type of media do you use daily? Mark all that apply.

a)

Movies - Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video

b)

Youtube

c)

video games

d)

Music-spotify, radio

e)

Social media-instagram, tick tock, snapchat

5.

Gabriel is feeling upset 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?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

None of the above

d)

Talk to his friends during class to makeup for not being able to walk to school with them.

6.

What is the best definition for "media balance"

a)

using the internet whenever I feel like it

b)

Using media in a way that feels healthy and is balanced with life activities such as family, friends, school, etc.

c)

not using the internet or media at all

d)

playing fortnite and ignoring everyone around me

7.

What does it mean to "unplug"

a)

Forgetting to charge your chromebook

b)

Never using digital media for any reason

c)

to participate in activities that do not involved devices, apps, or the internet

8.

Which is the best definition for "addictive design"

a)

features of an app that hook you

b)

features of an app that make you want to not use it

c)

features of an app that help you

9.

Which is the best definition for "feedback loop "

a)

an electrical current in electronics

b)

a feel good feeling because of a post

c)

a feeling that makes you feel bad all the time

10.

Which is the best definition for "humane design"

a)

an app that is bad for you

b)

an app that is designed to help you

c)

an app that is good for nothing in life