In the introduction for this essay, briefly describe your social media platform experience. Use 1st person for this response (¾ to 1 page).
Choose 3 moments in the film that resonated with your social media experience. Be specific and include names and titles of the people you are referencing. You may 1st person for this response (1-2 pages).
Consider this quote: “If something is a tool, it genuinely is just sitting there waiting patiently. If something is not a tool, it’s demanding things from you, it’s seducing you, it’s manipulating you; it wants things from you. We have moved away from having a tools-based technology environment to an addiction and manipulation-based technology environment. That’s what’s changed. Social media isn’t a tool that’s just waiting to be used. It has its own goals and has its own means of pursuing them by using your psychology against you.” -Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist @ Google
Assume this is a true statement. Explain the truth in Harris’s statement and use his words to support your response (½ page – ¾ page). **Be sure to include this documentary on the Works Cited page.
[optional] Interview a family member or friend regarding the impact of social media on his or his life. Incorporate the interview answers into the essay not the questions. Tell the story. Use direct quotes from the interviewee (½ page – 1 page). Be sure to name the person you interviewed and refer to him/her as you reveal his/her responses. Use quotation marks to indicate his/her words. **Be sure to include this source on the Works Cited page.
Find an article in one of the BH Library databases (chooseAcademic Search Complete or NewsBank) that addresses what we can do to develop healthy relationships with technology. Be sure to use textual details from the article to support your answer (1 page – 1 ½ pages). Be sure to document any quotes that you use. **Be sure to include this source on the Works Cited page.
What did you learn from watching the documentary that you didn’t know before? Would you recommend it to your friends and/or family? Why or Why not? You may use 1st person for this response (¼ page – ½ page).
More Directions:
–Add a thesis statement. Place the thesis at the end of the introduction. Underline the thesis.
–Be sure to summarize and introduce the documentary/speakers/articles every time before diving into detail for the first time. You are practicing your same writing moves to accomplish this new task.
**Add a Works Cited page with at least 2 sources: the documentary, the optional interview, and the BH database article.
Avoid using 2nd person – you, your
Use the conventions of standard American English. Proofread and edit before you submit the assignment.
