Archive of ‘media literacy’ category
Instagram Carousel Posts
7 Tips For More Engaging, Top Performing Instagram Carousel Posts
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/instagram-carousel-tips/429880
Studies have shown that carousels are the most engaging type of post on the platform.
One of the most effective techniques: know your audience and talk directly to them as individuals.
you’re leading with the most compelling information or image for the reader, and think about “what’s in it for them” throughout the carousel.
add a visual signal in the images, like an arrow pointing to the right in all but the final image.
You want every slide to stand on its own.
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more on instagram in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=instagram
Duck Duck Go
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more on DDG in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=duck+duck+go
Geometry Dash
recordings at 2x
a new paper in Applied Cognitive Psychology….
231 student participants to watch two YouTube videos (one on real estate appraisals and the other on the Roman Empire) at normal speed, 1.5x speed, 2x speed or 2.5x speed. They were told to watch the videos in full screen mode and not to pause them or take any notes. After each video, the students took comprehension tests, which were repeated a week later. The results were clear: the 1.5x and 2x groups did just as well on the tests as those who’d watched the videos at normal speed, both immediately afterwards and one week on. Only at 2.5x was learning impaired.
When the team surveyed a separate group of UCLA students, they found that a massive 85% usually watched pre-recorded lectures at faster than normal speed. However, 91% said they thought that normal speed or slightly faster (1.5x) would be better for learning than 2x or 2.5x. These new results certainly suggest that this isn’t right: double-time viewing was just as good as normal viewing.
While 2x viewing was fine for learning about the material in their studies — real estate appraisals and the Roman Empire — perhaps it might not work for more complex subject matter; again, only more research will tell.
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more on 2x in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=2x
Tagg for Gen Z
Backed by former Facebook and Twitter execs, Tagg launches social branding app for Gen Z
A “social branding” app for creative teens and twenty-somethings, Tagg is announcing a $2 million seed round today from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Facebook’s former VP of International Growth Ed Baker, TripAdvisor founder Stephen Kaufer, Pillar VC and more.
Founded by recent alumni of Brown University and the neighboring Rhode Island School of Design, Tagg is still in private beta with thousands of users, and thousands more on a waitlist.
Pixar movies by gender likes
categories: media literacy
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Digital Services Act
Digital Services Act
access to Meta’s internal research
More than 300 scientists have told Mark Zuckerberg they want access to Meta’s internal research on child and teen mental health because it doesn’t meet scientific standards
The letter concludes by asking Meta to create an independent oversight trust that would monitor and study adolescent and child mental health.
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri is due to testify before Congress about children’s safety on the platform Tuesday.
a Forrester survey of 4,602 Americans aged 12 to 17, published last month, found that 63% of respondents used TikTok on a weekly basis compared with 57% for Instagram. It also found 72% of respondents used YouTube weekly. It did not mention Facebook.
College Students Privacy
Today’s College Students Care About Privacy — Despite Some of Their Online Actions
a new report from the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum, which analyzed recent research about young adults from the U.S., China, Germany and Japan.
a study from Indiana University detailed the fears college students have about and the ways they adapt to the fact that they may be photographed at any moment by friends, classmates or even strangers.
Another worry described in the Future of Privacy Forum report is about a type of digital harassment known as “doxxing,”
Many students are loath to share biometric information with colleges and are wary about tools like facial recognition software.
- Colleges should teach students about data privacy, ethics and digital literacy.
- Institutions including colleges should be more transparent about how and why they collect and use personal information.
- Researchers should pursue additional study about young adult attitudes and behaviors.