Consuming Media
Downloading videos, music, games . . . even researching for your homework; these are all times you are ‘consuming media’ online, something that you’re probably doing on a daily basis. Are you up with the play when it comes to handling the potential risks that come with it? Are you sure you know how to tell what is real and fake online? Do you know how to avoid plagiarism when you are researching stuff online? Check out the links below to get wise when you are ‘consuming media’ online!
Consuming media online can open you up to:
• leaving an inappropriate digital footprint
• threats to the security of your computer system
• coming across sexually explicit material
• spending too much time online
• breaching copyright
• accessing stuff you didn’t want to, or aren’t allowed to, look at
• believing things online which are not true
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