I supplement my Internet literacy class with weekly discussion items, often based on some current event relevant to our class.Internet literacy class We just discussed ad blocking, using the following four slides. Supplementary material: Ad blocking

Do you use an ad blocker? What would happen if everyone did? Reasons to use an ad blocker: Speed Download less data Security CBS.com detects ad blocking

Report: The cost of ad blockingThe cost of ad blocking

A day after iOS 9’s launch, ad blockers top the app storead blockers top the app store Two days later, the author of Peace, the number one app pulled it from the store.pulled it from the store “Achieving this much success with Peace just doesn’t feel good, which I didn’t anticipate, but probably should have. Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit.” Marco Arment, Peace author