The Dark Shadow Shrine

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Sunday, April 07, 2013

Exposing Children to Social Media

There are a few things happening in this article, but one main idea is the impact of exposing children to social media at a young age. For those who have done the social media essay recently, or read the brainstorming strategies handout, consider how activating the 5W-1H (WHO?) method may cause us to think of young children, and therefore derive the point that social media has made young children less social, as it deprives them of the opportunity of acquiring useful social skills by interacting with people in the real world. This of course applies to people of all ages, but particularly so for young children, who have not acquired a sufficient buffer in real world experience to counteract that of the virtual world. Read further for details.....

Sample Qn: 'Social Media has made us less social.' Do you agree?
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