My Media
A set of criteria or piece of advice for how to do something.
Guideline
Features of an app that are intended to hook us into frequent use.
Addictive design
A person who buys products or services to use.
Consumer
All of the information online about a person, either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally.
Digital Footprint
Experiencing media and technology in ways that support one's mental, physical, social, and emotional health.
Digital well-being
A complete list of items or actions
Inventory
When you get a response to something you post online, causing your brain to experience a temporary moment of pleasure.
Feedback loop
Small text files are stored on a computer to keep track of what a person does on a website.
Cookies
Anyone who can see information about you or posted by you online.
Invisible Audience
Exaggerated or irrational negative thought patterns that can lead us to believe things that aren't necessarily true.
Thinking traps
Using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities.
Media balance
Something we do automatically without thinking.
Habit
Facts and statistics collected together to be used for different purposes.
Data
Lasting a long time
Persistent
Negative thoughts that pop up in our minds, which may not be true or helpful to us
Negative automatic thoughts
When you use negative labels for yourself.
Labeling
Features of an app that prioritizes what is good for people's lives
Humane design
When apps use information they have collected about you to show you different types of advertising.
Targeted Advertising
When you think about what you “should” (or shouldn’t) do or be like.
Shoulds
When you assume you know what's going to happen, and it's going to be bad!
Fortune-Telling
When you make big generalizations.
All-or-Nothing Thinking
When you assume you know what someone else is thinking or feeling.
Mind Reading
When you focus only on the negatives.
Negative Filter
When you put the blame on yourself or assume something is about you.
Personalizing
Someone who uses technology safely and responsibly
Digital citizen