Understanding Social Media

by Pamela Dell

Overview

Everybody thinks they can handle social media. They're only on with their friends. Everything on social media is real. Except that it isn't. Easy-to-understand language, simple infographics, and evocative photos show kids what's real and what's fake on the various social media platforms, and how to tell the difference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543527148
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Series:	Cracking the Media Literacy Code Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	689,022
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Pamela Dell began her professional career writing for adults and started writing for children about 12 years ago. Since then she has published fiction and nonfiction books, written numerous magazine articles, and created award-winning interactive multimedia.

Table of Contents

What is Media Literacy 4

The Roots of Internet Connection 8

The Social Media Explosion 14

Sharing-A Mixed Bag 20

Rules of the Internet Road 24

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Critical Thinking Questions 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

Interviews

Social media affects everyone's life: readers will learn to crack the code of all the messages sent by social media to become knowledgeable digital citizens; infographics help visual learners;stories of cyberbullying and other dangers of social media sites will help readers learn to navigate these sites