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Course: Social media literacy > Unit 4
Lesson 1: Introduction to the social media and the brain unitIntroduction to the social media and the brain unit
How does social media take advantage of your brain's vulnerabilities?
Overview
Our minds and bodies keep us safe and healthy, but also have vulnerabilities that can be exploited. Persuasive technology taps into those vulnerabilities, pushing us to keep clicking, scrolling, and engaging.
In this unit, you’ll learn:
- How our mind and body have natural vulnerabilities
- How persuasive technologies take advantage of those limitations
- The impact of persuasive technologies on our mental health
By understanding how persuasive technology takes advantage of our vulnerabilities, you’ll see how social media companies neglect their responsibility to care for our well-being.
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- the impac of persuasive technoiogies on our mental health(2 votes)
- How our mind and body have natural vulnerabilities(0 votes)
- because evolution has not adapted our brains for that and because we are just smart mammals who learnt to build stuff to protect ourself(1 vote)