Is social media serving us, or are we serving social media? Explore core arguments in favor and against social media regulation and in 10 meaningful minutes earn your digital badge.
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Social media has changed the way that we communicate, learn about the world, and entertain ourselves. However, if we are constantly plugged into platforms powered by artificial intelligence to keep us engaged, are these platforms serving us, or are we serving them? In this course, you’ll explore how social media impacts your life and evaluate the ethical duties of the owners of social media platforms. By completing this GEM, you will be able to:
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Discuss concerns about social media’s effects on society.
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Explain ways that social media companies could respond to these concerns.
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Describe arguments for and against regulation of social media.
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Add an exclusive credential to LinkedIn and other platforms.
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Ben Paris
Ben Paris has over 25 years of experience in learning design and product development and has unique expertise in assessment, improving critical thinking skills, and role-based simulations. He is a former Kaplan Curriculum Director responsible for industry-leading LSAT, GMAT, and GRE courses.
At Pearson Education, he was responsible for assessment standards, training assessment partners, and using assessment in innovative ways to improve the learner experience. At ansrsource, Ben’s vision of assessment guided the production of hundreds of thousands of assessment items each year. He also founded ansrsource’s Applied Critical Thinking Institute, where he developed programs that were proven to significantly improve critical thinking skills. He has created award-winning online learning systems, trained hundreds of writers and teachers, and personally helped thousands of students achieve their educational goals.
Ben got his J.D. from NYU, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College, and completed the General Course at the London School of Economics. He has earned 99th percentile scores on many of the most rigorous and competitive tests of critical thinking, including the LSAT, GMAT, and the Watson-Glaser. Ben has trained for over 30 years in Tae Kwon Do, earning a sixth-degree black belt and winning multiple Grand Championships in black belt competition.
He is a published author, with credits in Parenting for High Potential, Inside Higher Ed, Black Belt Magazine and Tae Kwon Do Times. Ben owns over 10,000 comic books and has an odd sense of humor. Other than that, he is completely normal.
At Pearson Education, he was responsible for assessment standards, training assessment partners, and using assessment in innovative ways to improve the learner experience. At ansrsource, Ben’s vision of assessment guided the production of hundreds of thousands of assessment items each year. He also founded ansrsource’s Applied Critical Thinking Institute, where he developed programs that were proven to significantly improve critical thinking skills. He has created award-winning online learning systems, trained hundreds of writers and teachers, and personally helped thousands of students achieve their educational goals.
Ben got his J.D. from NYU, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College, and completed the General Course at the London School of Economics. He has earned 99th percentile scores on many of the most rigorous and competitive tests of critical thinking, including the LSAT, GMAT, and the Watson-Glaser. Ben has trained for over 30 years in Tae Kwon Do, earning a sixth-degree black belt and winning multiple Grand Championships in black belt competition.
He is a published author, with credits in Parenting for High Potential, Inside Higher Ed, Black Belt Magazine and Tae Kwon Do Times. Ben owns over 10,000 comic books and has an odd sense of humor. Other than that, he is completely normal.
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