(共18张PPT)
Video Time
The Internet
Unit 3
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
1. collect information about social media and teen health;
2. talk about what the benefits and dangers of social media use are;
3. work out the steps you can take to control your social media use.
Social Media and Teen Health
Blackburn College is in the city of Blackburn in the northwest of England. Some researchers are worried that students in England are spending too much time on social media.
What are the researchers there worried about
What do you expect to see in the video Social Media and Teen Health
Before you watch
Task 1 Complete the sentences below with the expressions in the box.
selfies social media profile 24/7
1. Jill is concerned about having a good ________________, so she always posts things that will make other people smile.
2. Everyone was excited to see photos from Andy’s trip, but they were disappointed when they saw that he had only posted _______.
3. It seems that Nancy is online ________. She posts all the time, no matter what hour it is in the day or the night.
24/7
social media profile
selfies
While you watch
Task 2 Choose the best answers according to the video.
1. What is NOT a negative effect of using social media 24/7
A. It can hurt your confidence in yourself.
B. It can hurt your ability to make friends in the real world.
C. It causes a lack of sleep, and that can harm your health.
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(1) What is NOT a negative effect of using social media 24/7
It can hurt your confidence in yourself.
It can hurt your ability to make friends in the real world.
It causes a lack of sleep, and that can harm your health.
harmful
make sb. unhappy or depressed
(1) What is NOT a negative effect of using social media 24/7
reach the highest point or value
2. How is Blackburn College dealing with social media
A. They make students turn off social media at certain times.
B. They have decided to forbid social media use.
C. They try to encourage students to use it responsibly.
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Task 3 Complete the quotes below with words you hear in the video.
1. “…it’s very easy to become too invested in having to keep __________ and _________ pictures, and _______________ to people online.”
updating
liking
responding
2. “They want to be online ______. And as that need ___________, then we also saw that had an impact on their ____________.”
24/7
increased
sleep quality
3. “What we try to do here is to develop some self-regulation skills in young people so they understand when to _______, when to ______.”
turn off
turn on
Read together
Social Media and Teen Health
Like most teenagers, much of the socializing these students at Blackburn College do is online. “And then you realise, oh no, it’s 2 o’clock in the morning and I’ve got an exam...”
But the British Psychological Society has raised concerns that late nights spent maintaining social media profiles could be detrimental to their health.
“Most people use social media nowadays so it’s very easy to become too invested in having to keep updating and liking pictures, and responding to people online.”
“Many people post pictures of themselves which can quite easily not peak people’s confidence.”
“Seeing posts of people and like, their lives, and comparing your life to other people’s
lives, and maybe it’s not as exciting or not as successful and it might put yourself down.”
Researchers think that it’s not just the lack of sleep caused by late nights online that are causing these issues but that it’s the emotional investments in maintaining a 24/7 social media profile that could also be a major factor.
That comes from research carried out at the University of Glasgow.
[Dr Heather Cleland Woods, Lead Researcher, Glasgow University.]
“We saw that overall, social media use was related to someone’s anxiety, and their depression. They want to be online 24/7. And as that need increased, then we also saw that that had an impact on their sleep quality ”
Here at Blackburn, they embrace the technology but try to encourage students to use it responsibly.
[Tracy Stuart, Blackburn College.]
“What we try to do here is to develop some self-regulation skills in young people so they understand when to turn off, when to turn on, when to make sure that they’ve got all the commitments, all the parts of their lives so that the whole world doesn’t become a virtual world.”
The advice of course would be to moderate your social media use. Easy to say, but for many young people, not so easy to do. If they can, they may find themselves looking and feeling much more healthy in their selfies.
Discuss the questions in groups.
1. What are some of the benefits and dangers of social media use
One of the benefits of social media is that we can exchange information quickly and instantly. However, because there is a constant stream of information we can spend too much time looking at screens, which is not very social at all!
After you watch
2. What steps can you take to control your social media use
Don’t take devices into the bedroom, because looking at social media on them affects your sleep. Only use social media for a limited time each day. Go out and meet your friends somewhere as well as talking to them online.