Checkin: Draw/write - What is one thing you are appreciative of today?
Lesson 8
Health in a Digital World:
We live in a digital world. We also live in the information age. With the growth of the internet, 24-hour news outlets, and mobile phones, you receive five times the amount of information in a day than someone living 30 years ago did.
Information Age
1. How do we know what information is reliable? 2. How do we make healthy decisions with all of this information?
Media is a form of communication that influences and reaches many people. It includes print sources like newspapers and magazines and digital sources like television and the internet.
Media
Let’s look at what media sources you’re exposed to in one day. How many of the following have you used in the last 24 hours? Television - Smartphone -Facebook -Instagram Snapchat -Whatsapp -Newspaper - Online shopping -Twitter - Internet -Discord-Magazine Radio/Music
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Media has a great influence in shaping people’s ideas about health.
1.What types of topics are important enough that you would want to be sure you trusted the source? 2. What clues would you look for to know whether or not you can trust the information you find on a website? List as many as you can!
Health literacy is knowing how to find and use reliable and credible health information. A health-literate person must do the following to become an informed individual who can make sound health decisions:
Health Literacy
Knows where to find accurate health information. Decides if the information is correct and back it up. Assess the risks and benefits of treatment of health issues. Read and understand instructions given by medical professionals or found on product labels. Understand test results and ask pertinent questions to health professionals.
Health Literate Individual
Draw a three-eyed monster drinking hot chocolate while sitting on a cloud in the sky.
Credibility can be defined as “the quality of being trusted and believed”. If a website source is credible, it has reliable information. We can depend on its information as being accurate.
What is credibility?
What to look for? Sources from educational institutions (.edu), governmental organizations (.gov), and nonprofits (.org) or commercial sites (.com) that are well-established and recognized in the field.
URL
1. Blogs and personal pages (part of the person’s name is often in the URL), 2. Companies with advertising on their page or that are clearly trying to sell something (sometimes this can be difficult to recognize at first glance).
URL- What to avoid
1: Last updated date (usually at the very bottom), 2: An “About” page explaining the organization’s purpose, philosophy and structure, an author (with credentials and contact information), or how often an agency or organization is responsible for the material so no author is listed.
The Perimeter of the Page- What to look for?
Missing information about the source of content, missing date, or author with no credentials.
The Perimeter of the Page- What to avoid?
What to look for?Footnotes or links to other reliable sources, permissions and copyright information.
Source Documentation
Section B
Consumer Health Information
According to the Taking Stock with Teens Survey., the top spending category for teens is food - mostly fast food. Personal care accounts for another 15-20% of a teen’s annual spending.
What do you spend your money on?
Think about what items you’ve purchased in the last month that related to your health. List each item and then evaluate why you bought that item
Health fraud is the misrepresentation or false claims that a product or service will cure a disease or fix a health problem.
Health Fraud
Media literacy is the ability to think critically about the media sources you interact with daily.
Media Literacy
You are a health consumer because you buy health products and services. When you are an informed consumer you are more aware of your rights and are less likely to fall for scams or misleading marketing.
Why is it important?
Draw a picture of yourself holding an umbrella made of cheese slices to protect your head from pizza rain.
What strategies does media use to influence our decisions?
Many ads show lots of people using the product, implying that "everyone is doing it" (or at least, "all the cool people are doing it"). No one likes to be left out or left behind, and these ads urge us to "jump on the bandwagon.”
Bandwagon
The ad links the product, service, or idea with something already liked, such as love, wealth, beauty, and pleasure.
Association
This technique tries to persuade us to buy a product by promising to give us something else, like a discount, a rebate, a coupon, or a "free gift.” Sales, special offers, contests, and sweepstakes are all forms of bribery.
Bribery
Use of “experts” to promote the product and give credibility. Dentists for toothpaste, a mother for diapers,
Experts
The language of the ad includes exaggerations (greatest, fastest) and hyperboles (amazing, incredible). The words are exciting, but the message is vague and does not give specifics about the product.
Intensity
These ads use statements preceded by “weasel words” such as may, might, often, up to, virtually, etc. Often seen in claims that seem too good to be true. For example, “use this supplement, and lose up to 20 pounds!”
Use of “Maybes”
Bandwagon Association Bribery Experts Intensity Use of Maybes
Techniques Used
What technique is used?
- Association
- Bandwagon
- Bribery
What technique is used?
- Use of Maybes
- Bandwagon
- Experts
What technique is used?
- Intensity
- Use of Maybes
- Experts
What technique is used?
- Intensity
- Use of Maybes
- Bandwagon
Section C
Safe and Healthy Practices Online
Do you think you spend too much time on your phone?
How often do you check your phone in a day?
- 3-4 times a day
- hourly
- several times per hour
How long before bed do you put away your phone?
- Less than 5 minutes
- 30 minutes
- More than 30 minutes
Where is your phone when you go to sleep?
- In bed
- Within reach of bed
- Out of reach of bed
Studies show that teens who use their phones frequently are more likely to be sleep-deprived. Research has found that teens who used their phones the most were more likely to report symptoms of depression. Many teens use their phones to access anonymous online communities, which can lead to cyberbullying.
Did you know?
39% of teens think they spend too much time on their phones. Interestingly, 68% of parents think their teen is on their phone too much. 43% of teens check their phone a few times per hour. 40% of teens use their phone within five minutes of going to bed. 29% of teens sleep with their phone in their bed.
Common Sense Media Poll 2019
Passive screen time requires no thought or interaction. It may include watching television or scrolling through social media posts Active screen time involves engagement and cognitive thought. If you’re creating a video, coding, editing photos, or learning a skill with a game or online course, you are practicing active screen time
Active vs Passive Screen Time
People are more likely to be negative or use hate speech which targets specific groups based on race, ability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
Poor Online Behaviour
Why are people more extreme online?
Draw a horse dancing with a banana on a stage
Why is cyberbullying different than face-to-face bullying? It can happen anywhere at any time: This can also make it harder for a victim to escape the bullying. It can be anonymous: It can reach large audiences: It can be harder to detect: It leaves a digital footprint: Each post can act as evidence that can be gathered and recorded.
Cyberbullying
According to the video, list four tips to help prevent and fight against cyberbullying.