LEARNING PLATFORM

TED TALKS TO LISTEN

Jon Ronson

How one tweet can ruin your life

Trisha Prabhu

Rethink before you type

Nancy Lublin

The heartbreaking text

Sally Kohn

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BOOKS TO READ

``How to Disappear`` by Sharon Huss Roat

This book shows our love for social media and how sometimes being the person you think you want to be isn’t as great as being the person you truly are.

``Follow Me Back`` by A.V. Geiger

The story about a pop star that is frightened by his obsessive fans.

``#Murdertrending`` by Gretchen McNeil

Welcome to the near future, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society’s most infamous convicted felons.

``Trust Me, I'm Lying`` by Ryan Holiday

The book that aims to blow the lid off the speed and force at which rumours travel online.

``I Hate the Internet`` by Jarett Kobek

It is a novel portraying hilarious and obscene life amongst the victims of the digital boom.

``Friend Request`` by Laura Marshall

It is an exceptional debut thriller about the dangers of social media and how exposing it really is.

MOVIES AND SERIES TO WATCH

``You`` (2018)

A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

``Cyberbully`` (2011)

A teenager is subjected to a campaign of bullying by classmates through a social networking site.

``The Circle`` (2017)

A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity.

``13 Reasons Why`` (2017)

High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend’s tragic suicide.

``The Social Dilemma`` (2020)

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking.

``Ratter`` (2016)

A young graduate student is tormented by a stalker who hacks into her electronic devices and monitors her every move.