MY CENTRAL IDEA
Understanding the safe usage of different types of social media to reduce the effects on our daily lives and bodies of addiction
"Understanding the safe usage of different types of social media to reduce the effects on our daily lives and bodies of addiction" is a central idea I chose to work on for the past few months. Earlier this semester, all the students in 6th grade had to find a topic for the PYP Exhibition. I thought it wouldn't be interesting if I worked on Global warming or things already discovered by a lot of people. It wasn't easy to find something interesting and new. While I was stuck on choosing a topic, I noticed every single person in the subway is staring at their smartphone. Yes, they were using social media such as Facebook, Line, and Youtube. Then, a great idea popped into my mind, Social media addiction.
The next day, I started to work on my PYPX unit planner. I researched social media addiction and got suggestions from my peer mentor and Mr. Ish, 6th Grade homeroom teacher. After I got my 3 Lines Of Inquiry, I had to write my central idea, including all information on the 3 LOIs and this is what I came up with.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
HOW CAN WE GET RID OF SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION?
The best and easiest way to get rid of social media addiction is finding your hobby, other than doing technology related things. Reading, playing sports, playing instrument, and listening to music is nice way to spend your time.
WHY IS SOCIAL MEDIA SO FAMOUS?
To understand the reason why people like to use social media, you will have to know humankind's characteristics. People are always wanting to interact with others and share what they are doing. For example, if a person went to a nice restaurant and gets a delicious meal, he/she will share a photo of the food on social media platforms with a chance of 70%.
WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL MEDIA?
The first-ever social media was invented on May 24, 1844, with a set of electronic dots tapped out by people’s hands on a telegraph machine. A person named Samuel Morse used the first-ever social media to send a message from Baltimore to Washington D.C. No advanced technology or system was installed. About a century after... Discover more in Blog.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA?
Social Networks- Mostly used to help people’s businesses by interacting with consumers, building relationships, and introducing a new product. (Marketing) Facebook and Twitter two most famous Social Networks.
Media Sharing Networks- Media Sharing Networks are the most common types of social media we use in our daily lives. It is used to find and share ideas, information, photographs, videos, and other kinds of content. It is also used for marketing. Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok are famous media sharing networks. Discover more in Blog
WHAT IS SELF-IDENTITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
Self-identity is your personal view or image of yourself, basically, a thing that represents yourself. On social media, people express their identities through messages, text, emojis, pictures, likes, and links to other websites. They use these platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to tell small stories of themselves.
HOW DOES SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AFFECT OUR BODIES AND DAILY LIVES?
The two most common effects on our daily lives are Fear Of Missing Out and a Security blanket. FOMO could lead you to return to social media every time and feel left out of the conversations at school if all of your classmates are talking about the latest news except you. Following the trend could be one of the biggest reasons why people can’t put their phones down. A security blanket is... Discover more in Blog
LOIS
Ways to get rid of social media addiction
ATLS
EXCHANGING INFORMATION
Interacting with others
Exchanging information is a huge part of my exhibition. I had to do some interviews, send a survey, and listen to the expert. I tried my best to understand why people are overly into social media and share the information online. I questioned my friends and myself about why we use social media and what makes it so addictive. Exchanging information is a nice way of finding a solution and quenching my curiosity.
CREATIVE
"Think Different"
"Think Different" was told by Steve Jobs who founded one of the biggest Multinational Technology companies, Apple. As he said, I wanted to try different things and be unique. I didn't want to try something that has been done by so many people that it just became a rule that everyone who is working on PYPX has to design a poster and video. The biggest lesson I've learned from the project is that taking action and trying something new is a whole different thing than just thinking about what to do.
ORGANIZATION
Organizing information in the right place
Managing data in the proper place is one of the most challenging and essential parts of the project. Personally, taking action and researching was the most interesting part which included a lot of organizing. Annotated Bibliography, notes, and essays were what I mostly organized in my research document.
KEY CONCEPTS
#1-Responsibility
Being responsible for the usage of social media
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#2-Change
Varying the negative usage of social media
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#3-Causation
The effects of social media on our daily lives and body
