Digital Media and Your Brain

How does digital media try to hook you, and what can you do about it?​

Lesson Objectives 

• Explore ways that different types of digital media ​are, and aren't, designed to help us make good media choices. ​
• Reflect on how digital media is designed to either help or hinder the addition of meaning and value in our lives. ​
• Think about how to develop good, healthy habits when using digital media.​

​Vocabulary 

Habit: Something we do automatically without thinking​

Addictive design: Features or aspects of a device or app that are intended to hook the user into frequent use​

Feedback loop: A response to something you do or post online that causes your brain to experience a temporary moment of pleasure​

Humane design: Features or aspects of a device or app that prioritize what's good for people's lives​