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integrated computational thinking

LA Practice D2: Assess authors’ intent, motive, and impact of computational tools or platforms

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Step 2 of 6: Crash Course

You will watch a 17-minute video in the Crash Course series on Digital Literacy. The video clip examines a wide range of design features on different digital media platforms and how these impact users in concerning ways. You will be introduced to topics including targeted advertising, filter bubbles, and radical rabbit holes.

Next, read this article by Dr. Simone Bunse that briefly overviews the particular ways in which social media has been used to contribute to peace as well as how it has been a driver of conflict. Bunse covers different policy responses to issues such as disinformation, polarization, and hate speech.

As you read the above article, keep in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Think about the relationship between digital media platforms and our universally declared human rights.