On average, how many hours of TV do kids watch each week? 14 28 42 51

B If a person lives to 65 years old, they will have, on average, watched NINE YEARS of TV. Images of kids watching tv

How many ads does the average North American view each day? 50 200 3, 000 10, 000

C Sometimes, we don’t even know how many commercials and ads surround us. One day, try to count how many ads you see! Meme of Buzz Lightyear with the quote ‘ads, ads everywhere’

How are teenage girls portrayed in the media? Obsessed with boys, shopping and looks Intelligent human beings In a variety of shapes and sizes All of the above

Looks are much more important than their brains. Teenage girls are shown to be incapable of having serious conversations about their career goals. Looks are much more important than their brains. Mean Girls – Cafeteria Scene (You can’t sit with us)

By the end of high school, how many violent scenes has the average person seen? 1, 000 2, 500 4, 500 200, 000

D By the age of 18, the average teenager will have seen 16, 000 murders on TV Game of Thrones Red Wedding Image

Socks & Shoes Pens People Toothbrushes & Toilets People around the world have more phones than ______________: Socks & Shoes Toothbrushes & Toilets Pens People

B There are 6 billion people in the world. 4.8 billion use a phone while 4.2 billion own a toothbrush. 4.5 billion have a working toilet. Picture of a cartoon toilet and a girl brushing her teeth with an unimpressed look

Can watching television violence make children behave in more violent ways? No Yes It hasn’t been proven yet

B Yes In a study, two children were exposed to behaviors; one was aggressive and one that was neutral. The child who was shown aggressive behavior attacked the doll in a similar way. Bobo Doll Study – Aggression Modeling Psych Experiment

How many hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute?

B 100 hours!! Over 6 billion hours of YouTube are watched each month. That’s over 684, 931 years! YouTube Logo

How many texts on average do teens send and receive each month? 2, 500 3, 000 3, 500 4, 000

C Teens send and receive 3, 500 texts each month. Adults only send around 500. Four teenagers texting

College Humour – Texting Mind Games

10 levels of intimacy in today’s communication image (talking, video chat, phone, letter, IM, text message)

Twitter Logo What is twitter? Online social media site that lets people post messages limited to 140 characters, which are called tweets.

Who has the shortest record time for gaining 1 million Twitter subscribers? Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) Barack Obama (The US President) Justin Bieber Kanye West

A Charlie Sheen It only took him 25 hours and 17 minutes to get a million followers. But the top followed person on Twitter is Katy Perry. Charlie Sheen and Katy Perry Twitter headers (including followers and number of tweets)

Facebook across countries

Addiction to social media image

Do you know this song? Tik-Tok Kesha

Do you know what you’re really listening to? Brushing teeth with a bottle of Jack Experiment with YouTubers (WongFu Productions) [cut out any video parts that suggest this is a good idea/it tastes good] Do you know what you’re really listening to? Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack…

What are you listening to? Sometimes, songs have lyrics that are just silly BUT some lyrics deal with really serious topics in a disrespectful and harmful way that can affect how we think of what is right and wrong Cartoon image of silly goose

Blurred Lines Lyric Video

What does it really mean? If you can’t hear what I’m trying to say If you can’t read from the same page Maybe I’m going deaf Maybe I’m going blind Maybe I’m out of my mind Why doesn’t she understand that I want her? Is something wrong with me? Because there’s NO WAY a girl wouldn’t like me!

Blurred lines Party Animal Reference Ok, now he was close Tried to domesticate you But you’re an animal Baby, it’s in your nature Just let me liberate you You don’t need no papers That man is not your maker And that’s why I’m gon’ take ya Party Animal Reference ‘You’re a dirty little angel’ – image from posting about common sayings that rapist say to victims

No = Yes Consent doesn’t really matter then does it No = Yes Consent doesn’t really matter then does it? Blurred Lines: He hates when girls act like they don’t want sex when they really do. Good girl I know you want it… I hate these blurred lines But you’re a good girl The way you grab me Must wanna get nasty No means no poster

Blurred lines I feel so lucky, you wanna hug me What rhymes with hug me? What do you think? DRUG ME.

Steubenville Rape case On August 11th, 2012 in Steubenville, Ohio a high school girl, unconscious from alcohol was repeatedly raped by her classmates (Two star football players). She was undressed, urinated on, photographed, and videotaped. These were then posted onto social media sites. The caption was “Some people deserve to be peed on” Now, look at the news clip next and see how the news reporter responds to the trial.

News Clip – Reporter victim blames and is on the side of the football ‘stars’ [steubenville]