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  TWO ARTICLES ON SOCIAL MEDIA Image Source: Catholic-Link Title of Article 1: “The Catholic Guide for Using Social Media” by MACLAINE NOAH What to know about this article ? In this article, an avowed “social media addict” and a Catholic, gives his readers advice on how Catholics can navigate the social media world without getting lost. He identifies the roots of our need for social media platforms as “the desire for community”. He explains how digital platforms require us to develop a digital identity and encourage us to develop our Catholic identity instead. Finally the author speaks of the Catholic virtue of moderation to counter our uncontrolled dependence on technology. What piqued my interest ? As a Catholic  lay person living in the 21st century and in a first world nation, I have always wondered how to live my faith in this super digitalized society without losing the flavor of what my Catholic faith is. This article offers tips to help navigate unavoidable social med...

  MEDIA LITERACY  Image Source: Medium.com 1. Thoughts on Media literacy.   When we introduce a new media where human interactions occur, it is only normal that children be taught how to distinguish what is true from what is not true on it. In the olden days through the socratic method , Socrates taught his students how to think critically, progressively shedding light on complicated issues. This is a technique that can be best described as students and teachers “concerted efforts to explore the underlying beliefs that shape the students views and opinions”. Since the beginning of this semester, we have discovered that social media is nothing but a manifestation of digitization , “the process of transferring many tasks and dimensions of human life to digital platforms”. One of the consequences of digitization is the increased pace at which life is lived, and information is passed around. Now as before, there is a need to have access to information as well as to reflect on...

                 Source Image: Federal Trade Commission THE LEGAL MODULE  Part I The legal module is one of probably one of the least appreciated modules in the social media adventure. The reason is that laws are needed to protect us. And protection is needed because people feel threatened and unsafe. And there is a need to feel safe because there are villains. As education becomes more and more digitalized through the use, among other things, of social media platforms, States have put laws in place to protect our children in our  schools  and in our  libraries , two of our most important social infrastructures.  In our educational institutions, two internet protection laws stand out: Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) . Enacted in 2000, CIPA “addresses concerns about children's access to obscene or harmful content over the Internet...

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