LibGuides: Monroe 1&amp;2 Media Literacy: Social Media Literacy

Organizations

Project Look Sharp
Teach your students to think critically about media of all types with Project Look Sharp's Constructivist Media Decoding techniques and lesson plans.
News Literacy Project: The Sift
Weekly newsletter for educators with links and teaching ideas for issues in the news. Almost every week has something timely relating to social media.
PBS Learning Media
Streaming videos with accompanying lessons and activities from PBS. Series that relate to social media literacy include Above the Noise and MediaWise.
Common Sense Media
Check out the Digital Citizenship resources. We like the Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying lesson.

What the Media?!!?
A podcast co-hosted by media expert Julie Smith. Check out "The inner workings of TikTok" episode to hear more about TikTok.
Pew Research on Social Media
Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022
Pew Research Center
August 2022

Which questions from this document do you think would especially apply to social media?

The Sift
The Sift Newsletter from News Literacy Project gives weekly discussion ideas for teachers and students. Read through to Top Picks #2 for relevant discussion on social media regulation.
Regulating Social Media Lesson Plan
In this lesson plan from Project Look Sharp, regulation of social media is debated with Facebook given as an example. In our presentation, we adapted this lesson to use TikTok as a more recent example of a social media platform popular with teens.
Video: TikTok is a National Security Threat
In this YouTube video, Marco Rubio argues that TikTok should be banned in the US.

Online Disinhibition and Cyberbullying
This lesson from Common Sense asks the question: Is the Internet making you meaner?
Lesson is targeted at 11th grade, but could be adapted for other grades.
Social Media Ban for Kids? From The Sift
In this example of The Sift newsletter, the debate over how much access kids should have to social media, who is responsible, and what should be done about it.
Responding to Online Hate Speech
Students can come across all kinds of negative content online and on social media, whether it's rude, mean, or even hateful. But what should students do when they encounter hate speech online?
Pause & Think Online
From our head down to our toes, and our feet up to our nose, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online.

Take the quiz where YOU examine images of real social media content and decide whether it's from a legitimate account or an internet troll.

10 things to know about how social media affects teens' brains
February 16, 2023, NPR
How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation
NY Times, Jan. 10, 2023
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here’s what other countries can learn from its success.
Teaching Students to Analyze Fake News
edutopia, Jan. 31,2023
This four-step process teaches students how to identify and critically analyze the misinformation embedded in fake news articles shared on social media.
Understanding Social Media Literacy study
Int J Environ Res Public Health, July 2022
A systematic review of the concept and its competencies
Social media platforms brace for hit to user numbers from age checks
UK’s Online Safety Bill requires stronger age verification measures for platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.
SEL in Digital Life Resource Center
This page from Common Sense Media helps you support your students' social and emotional learning as they navigate the digital world.
How to Spot T-Shirts Bearing Fabricated Messages
Snopes.com, March 30, 2022
Explains how "Sometimes, misinformation wears its heart on its sleeve."