Kategoriak: All - love - cyberbullying - honesty - respect

arabera Leah Wright 2 years ago

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What would social media look like if it were designed with guidance from the Anishinaabe 7 Grandfather Teachings?

Envisioning social media through the lens of the Anishinaabe 7 Grandfather Teachings would fundamentally change its nature, prioritizing love and respect over negativity and exploitation.

What would social media look like if it were designed with guidance from the Anishinaabe 7 Grandfather Teachings?

Sources

https://www.7generations.org/seven-grandfather-teachings/ https://tribaltradeco.com/blogs/teachings/7-grandfather-teachings https://www.unicef.org/end-violence/how-to-stop-cyberbullying https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/campaigns/cyberbullying.html https://www.aace.org/review/social-media-and-fake-news/

What would social media look like if it were designed with guidance from the Anishinaabe 7 Grandfather Teachings?

If social media was designed with guidance from the 7 grandfather teachings, it would be a much more friendly and pleasant place for all of the users

Honesty
no tolerance for fake news

some sites right now like facebook are actively resisting putting in truth guidelines

fake news is an epidemic where no one believes what's true or not

Vaccines and anti vaxers. aace

41% of US Americans use social media daily to consume news. aace

no fake or unrealistic beauty standards

right now, there is a lot of toxic unrealistic standards for beauty, and it has contributed to a loss of self esteem in you girls

"According to Psychology Today, about 54 percent of young women and 41 percent of young men, both ages from 13-19 say they are still dissatisfied with their looks. 57 percent of women and 38 percent of men ages 20 to 29 say the same thing about themselves." Teen ink

Respect
more seeing users as people and respecting their autonomy instead of seeing users as cash cows

stop making it so addicting and changing peoples behavior for money

Evidence from the text

making social media a more positive place to be and less addicting

The effects of social media on teens are much stronger, even an hour on social media can make a teen miserable. teen ink

Love
you would only be allowed to show love instead of hate

Point

"Unconditional love between one another including all of Creation, humans and non-humans" tribal trade

cyberbullying is bad

"Three out of ten Canadian youth say they have been cyberbullied before." canada government