Our Courses
Abracadabra “I will create as I speak”
This course includes:
- The business model of social media and its economic incentives
- How algorithms shape our perceptions and decisions.
- Down the rabbit hole- the harms of compelling and persuasive technology
- How convincing technology manipulates our behaviour
- Legislation and the fundamental legal differences between mainstream and social media.
- How algorithms spread a lie and engagement through data
Are you in control of your social media, or is it in control of you? Did you know that your online activity has the power to change your behaviour, emotions, decisions, and actions? Statics by researchers has proved that algorithmic amplification is manipulating our lives; the outcomes of this invasive control can be devastating, exploiting vulnerabilities and increasing negative mental health.
This workshop will introduce learners to the business model of social media and understand the algorithms controlling their lives, enabling them to take back control and self-monitor their mental health reactions to their online activity.
A teaspoon of truth makes a lie more palatable
This course includes:
- What is Social Media propaganda and misinformation?
- De constructing unconscious bias and the consequences of hate speech.
- Understanding the role of Influential individuals and celebrity on social media.
- Astroturfing, bots, click bait and disinformation for profit.
- Conspiracy theories and destabilizing society.
Technology brought us into an age of mass information, however, has our online world evolved to become the age of misinformation.
A teaspoon of truth-This workshop will introduce learners to the propaganda machine that is currently commonplace on the internet, and how to become aware of disinformation, and most importantly, reintroduce critical thinking into every online activity.
Raised by the Internet
This course includes:
- Social approval
- Cyber bullying
- Device addiction
- Online challenge
- Psychosocial social media resilience
- Covid generation
- Parental support
- Safeguarding
Has social media impacted how we manage our social interactions, and can our technological environments potentially impact our mental health? Governments continue to work to improve legislation, aiming to counteract the potential negative consequences of online harm. Nevertheless, powerful tech companies and their business models mean that empowering individuals to understand what’s behind our social media use has become imperative.
This workshop will introduce learners to devise addiction, online challenges, cyberbullying, and online social approval exploring how social media can be detrimental to mental and physical wellbeing. In addition, this workshop aims to support the resilience required to thrive in an ever-increasing technological world.
