Digital Literacy Training Video

Interactive Activities and Resources Included

Age Group: 8-14 years old

Estimated Time: 20-45 mins

Did you know that negative emotions spread faster online than neutral or positive emotions? In this training, learn how algorithmic bias and the way that social media is designed encourages certain emotions to be shared faster and what you can do as a user to contribute to a healthy and supportive online community.

Learning Objectives

• Learn about emotional contagion theory and how this affects how people use technology 

• Understand how the design of websites and social media apps can contribute to emotional contagion and an over sharing of negative emotions over positive ones

• Recognise the choices you have as a social media user on an everyday level around what to share and what emotions you can choose to put out into the world

Themes

Mental Health and Cyber Well-Being, Social Media