Common Sense Media Unit 1

Apps, websites, or third parties collecting information about your online activity (other sites you visit, links you click, how long you stay, etc.)

Content (text, audio, images, video) or devices that allow people to share information, communicate, and collaborate over the internet or computer networks

When someone older uses chatting or messaging to befriend and manipulate a child or teenager into an in-person meeting for the purpose of sexual abuse or sex trafficking

A company other than the company that owns the website or app you're using

A situation where there is no clear-cut way to respond, and where there is potential for someone's feelings to be hurt

False or inaccurate information, especially that which is intended to deceive

When something happens that makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, sad, or anxious

Websites or apps selling you something based on information they have collected about you

What people think about you based on what they see online (social media, public information, news, etc.)

Online information tailored to you by websites and apps based on your behavior and preferences about you

Small text files stored on a computer that keep track of what a person does on a website

A figure of speech in which comparison is made between two different things using the words "like" or "as"

Using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)

A method of determining credibility of online information in which you open multiple tabs to search for other information to validate the site's claims.

Additional source(s) that confirm or support the claims of a news story, article, or piece of information