Tuesday 25 April 2023

LET'S DEBATE ( PART TWO)

 DOES SOCIAL MEDIA DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD? 

 IS IT MAKING US MORE OR LESS SOCIAL? 



Read these two articles to start thinking about the topic: 


Next, watch this video called Crazy Ways Social Media is Changing your Brain: 



Watch also this video about the positive and negative effects of social media: 



Together with other classmates, speak and explore about one of the following topics. You can look online to search for information and studies on the topic: 

- Reading: does people read less because of social media?
- Communication: Do we communicate better thanks to social media?
- Friendship: do we have more or less friends nowadays?
- Manipulaton: do the social networds manipulate our way of thinking? How?
- Is it possible to live without social media?
- free time outdoors: Do we spend nowadays less time outdoors than before because of screens?
- Advertising: Has it changed? Could companies survive without social media?
- Bullying: is it better or worse than before?
-Privacy and Security: Is Social media dangerous?
- Private life exposure: Why do some people need to expose their lives so much?  

Share your conclusions with the rest of the class. Next, divide the class into two groups and start writing arguments for and against  using social media. 










LET'S DEBATE!!!


What do you think on the topic of censorship? Should students be allowed to read about everything or should there be banned topics?

Watch this video as an introduction to the topic: 


Next, read this article on book banning.

What about social media censorship? Watch this video


Before debating whether censorship should exist or not, have a look at these topics and investigate about them, together with your classmates: 

- Censorship in Social Media
- Politically correct words
- Gender or race related censorship
- Are there topics that should never be discussed?
 -What do we do with classical works which contain ideas considered politically incorrect nowadays?


Share your conclusions with the rest of the class. Next, divide the class into two groups and start writing arguments for and against banning books/films/ works of art at schools.