The YouTube video ‘You Will Wish You Watched This Before You Started Using Social Media’ uses video excerpts from interviews and speeches to illustrate the negative consequences of the surveillance capitalist interests of social media corporations, including scientifically proven psychological consequences such as addiction, depression, and loss of concentration. It Read more…
Jakob and the Cybermights is an interactive point-and-click adventure game that playfully educates players about an appropriate use of social media. The game aims to create a safe environment for learning media literacy skills, tailored to the target audience. Users themselves experience and resolve issues related to the digital world Read more…
The website “Datenparty” provides information for teenagers on the topics of data protection and personal rights. In addition to comprehensive information, the site also offers exciting link recommendations for further exploration. The resource addresses not only teenagers, but also their parents and educators. Due to the page layout and the Read more…
ProPublica (2016): Breaking The Black Box, New York. In the age of increasing automation, in which machines are making more and more decisions for us, the information service “Breaking the Black Box” aims to shed more light on the thicket of automated decision-making systems. In a small series of articles, Read more…
This is the website by the nonprofit organisation Center for Humane Technology. The website includes a variety of resources that can be used to educate about digital technologies and data, such as a film, a podcast, several toolkits and an online course. The website has individual sections for youth, parents Read more…
Deutsches Spionagemuseum (2021): Datensammler. Datenschutz, Big Data und Social Media, Berlin. Every day, thousands of data are collected about each of us. The guided tour addresses the historical development as well as the major scandals and shows who collects data about us and what information we voluntarily share on social Read more…
druck – (Über-)Leben in der Digitalen Gesellschaft, hrsg. vom Theater Sonni Maier / Träger: Künstler für Gerechtigkeit e.V., Witten. Druck is a play about media competence, BigData and self-optimisation mania for children and young people aged 12 and over or in grades 7-13. The theme is (over)life in the digital Read more…