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Bad News

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Is doomscrolling on social media changing how we view the world and humanity? Amelia finds out about existential anxiety and how to deal with too much upsetting news online.

Curriculum Links

Media Arts, Years 7 and 8 (v8.4)
Analyse how technical and symbolic elements are used in media artworks to create representations influenced by story, genre, values and points of view of particular audiences. (ACAMAR071)

English, Year 10 (v8.4)
Analyse and evaluate how people, cultures, places, events, objects and concepts are represented in texts, including media texts, through language, structural and/or visual choices. (ACELY1749)

Health and PE, Years 7 and 8 (v9.0)
Investigate how media and influential people impact attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours in relation to health, safety, relationships and wellbeing. (AC9HP8P09)

English, Year 10 (v9.0)
Analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in texts and reflect contexts. (AC9E10LY01)

Curriculum Key Concepts
  • Critique media representations
  • Compare the way news is reported in commercial media
  • Analyse and evaluate the structural choices made in media artworks

Credits

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Anxiety, Social Media, Social Problems, Physical Education, English