Social Media

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Social Media

What will we do today?

Have a look at our own social media use

Facebook outage video

Elon Musk video

Discuss social media

Goals

At the end of the lesson you will have learned about Social Media through listening and watching.
At the end of the lesson you will express your opinion about Social Media 

Social media

Which social media site do you use the most?

Instagram

TikTok

Twitter

Facebook

Snapchat

BeReal

Pinterest

YouTube

Other

How many hours a day do you spend on social media?

012

Would you notice a Facebook outage? 

What did you notice of the Facebook outage? 

BBC news

2-minute video  

with 5 questions

00:17

How long did the outage last?

1. 4 hours
2. 5 hours
3. 6 hours
4. 7 hours

00:35

How many people use Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp?

1. 3.5 billion
2. 35 billion
3. 53 billion
4. 5.3 billion

01:06

Where are Facebook's headquarters located?

1. Death Valley
2. New York Valley
3. San Francisco Valley
4. Silicon Valley

01:32

The outage was ...

1. Regional
2. Global
3. National
4. European

01:49

What is a whistleblower?

1. A spy
2. A person who is very good at whistling
3. A person who reveals company secrets
4. A musician

Facebook whistleblower

Frances Haugen

What does Elon Musk say about social media?

Do you agree with Elon Musk?

Yes

No

What do you think?

Could you go an entire week without social media?

Yes

No

Do you trust the news in Social Media?

Yes

No

Most of the time

Hardly ever

Social media shows an unrealistic beauty standard.

Yes, it makes me want to change my looks

Yes, but it does not affect me.

No

I feel pressure to look a certain way because of social media.

Yes

Sometimes

No

Social media has improved human communication.

Agree

Disagree

Youth loose their contact with the real world because of Social Media

YES

NO

I prefer contact on Social Media instead of real-life contact.

YES

NO

Would you rather...

Delete social media forever?

Never going out again but with social media?

Do you think the social media has a positive or negative impact?

positive

negative

Do you think social media might be dangerous?

Yes

No

In pairs discuss the video and why you think social media might be dangerous or not.

3 minutes

Interesting ideas, opinions, facts?
Discuss

Writing assignment

    In about 250 words I would like you to tell me about social media use

    What do you use yourself?     Who doyou follow?      Is social media good or bad?     Why? 

    Favourite post?     Favourite internet celebrity?     Time spent on social media?

Challenges? What does Social Media add to your life? Could you live withou Social Media?