Building a Healthy Relationship With Social Media

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What is your first name? *

What is your last name/surname? *

Name of your school? *

What are the healthy ways to plan the time you spend on social media? (Select all that apply) *

Planning to use social media for no more than one hour a day and spending that hour on social platforms in one go so as to be efficient.

Using social media as a welcome distraction from a difficult project so as to give your brain a break. Not using social media for more than 10-15 minutes at a time and 1 hour in total.

Aiming to check your social media for 30 minutes - 1 hour a day and, as far as possible, not spending more than 15 minutes at a stretch on it. Consciously not using social media as a coping mechanism to avoid dealing with difficult emotions and challenging tasks.

Setting specific times in the day to check social media - for example deciding to use social media only after 7 PM and sticking to a total time limit of 30 minutes to 1 hour. Checking your social media activity from time to time to see if you need to make any changes.

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What are the best ways to control how others use your comments section on social media apps? (Select all that apply) *

Comment that you will be disabling commenting on a post as the conversation has turned harmful. Then proceed to disable or turn off commenting.

Responding to all the negative comments individually before blocking the users or disabling the comments section.

Post screenshots of toxic comments on your story with all account names visible so as to discourage them from commenting in such a way again.

Setting up a manual filter for comments

Commenting that it’s best to talk about something else now as things are getting heated and people are not in the state to be their most civil selves.

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What are some healthy digital habits? (Select all that apply) *

Unfollowing pages that no longer interest you or have a negative impact on your mental health.

Not spending too much time documenting and sharing the photos of special moments then and there, especially when you’re with other people.

Exploring social media to discover new kinds of content and pages so as to be informed by a diverse personal feed.

Turning on most types of push notifications on your personal account so that you don’t miss anything important - as long as you are sticking to your social media time-limit.

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How do social media apps allow you to control your visibility to others? (Select all that apply) *

By allowing you to choose your profile type - private/professional

By allowing you to choose a custom audience for your stories via features like “Close Friends”

By controlling who can send you messages or search for you (Facebook)

By allowing you to remove a follower or unfriend someone

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Select all options that are ways to ensure that social media doesn’t distract or disconnect you from your life. *

Having and sticking to a social media time management plan that is tailored to your average daily routine.

Mostly consuming content that makes you feel like you need to change something about yourself.

Tailoring the push notification settings so that you only receive notifications for important things and not say, when someone is going live on Facebook or Instagram.

Making a conscious effort to not turn social media into a coping mechanism. Choosing to deal with the difficult situation differently by focussing on the task at hand, calling a friend for support, writing to better understand your problem, getting professional help etc.

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How does twitter allow you to tailor your privacy and security on the platform? (Select all that apply) *

By enabling you to turn off data sharing with Twitter's business partners.

By letting you customise who can "discover" you on twitter and who can send you direct messages.

By allowing you to mark a tweet as "show less often".

By allowing you to choose whether Twitter can monitor your off-Twitter activity.

By letting you flag your own tweets as containing sensitive media so that other users can see a warning.

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