Social Media Assignment

Please write/type answers to these questions (in full sentences please).
You can work with a partner if you wish. If you and your partner disagree about an answer, include both replies.

  1. How does social media affect you? Which social media platforms do you use regularly, infrequently?
  2. What are some benefits of social media? (can you list 3)
  3. What are some problems with social media? (3 would be sufficient)
  4. If you can think of ways that these problems can be mitigated, please write your ideas down.
  5. How do you decide when privacy online is important? What do you do to protect your privacy? Do you have any fake accounts or usenames (don't tell me them, just generally say in what situations you use them).
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  7. Find someone who was an adult before social media. Interview him or her. Think of some questions to ask, write down the questions and the responses. (e.g. How is communicating with friends different with/without social media?) (Also write down who the person was that you interviewed.) about half a page
  8. Find someone (a different person) who was an adult before the advent of the interent. Interview him or her. Think of some questions to ask, write down the questions and the responses. (eg. How did you find out what movies are playing?) (Also write down who the person was that you interviewed.) about half a page