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1. Names!
2. Briefly summarise the happenings
- Groups 1-3 to do Case Study 1, Keith’s Social Media Experience.
- Groups 4-6 to do Case Study 2, Sufian’s Dilemma.
3. Identify the feelings of the character
4. Identify the examples of echo chambers, filter bubbles, groupthink and/or emotion contagion in the case study, if any.
5. Why it is important for us to be aware of these situations

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If you are only hearing the same perspectives and opinions over and over again, especially those that sound like or support your own views, you may be in something called an echo chamber.

We sometimes join different communities and groups that have shared interests on social media and be trapped in an online echo chamber without realising it.

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are a special type of echo chamber that is found online.

They are created by algorithms or a sequence of instructions or steps in the computer that keep track of what you click on, see or do online. These personalise your online experience showing you content that you may already be interested in.

This may prevent you from finding new ideas and perspectives online.

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is the ability to influence the emotions and behaviours of others, either directly or indirectly. It happens when you copy, usually without realising, the emotions and expressions of people around you.

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occurs when a group of people make poor decisions because they want to fit in or have the belief that disagreement is impossible.

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Summary
guy did not want to do tradition, everyone else wanted to so guy felt pressured to say ok

Feelings
Frustrated, pressured, overthinking, worried, concerned

Examples
Echo chambers for when they all said to do the tradition
Groupthink for the guy when he felt forced to agree

Why
Important to know what is right and what is wrong
Toxic way of toughening them up.
Stand your ground, don’t let others influence what you think is right

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they were going tougher on the juniors but someone disagreed with the idea of it. however, the rest of the club persuaded him which he eventually agreed and gave up on the topic.

helpless
- nobody wants to help him
guilty
- can’t help his juniors

emotion contagion
- other camp organisers told him that they also went through it and that they grew closer because of it
- gaslighting him into it

groupthink
- doesn’t want to disagree with them
- goes along with the bad idea

- to prevent gaslighting and emotional manipulation
- we are self-aware and can identify if its happening to us
- differ from whats right and wrong
- so we wont be oblivious
- so we dont end up like them

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Jesslyn, Kylie, Delphina, Rachelle, Chloe

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Jesslyn, Kylie, Delphina, Rachelle, Chloe

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He had low self esteem
Social media lowered his self esteem even more and made him insecure about his appearance.
Trapped in an echo chamber/filter bubble
Frustrated with himself, lashed out on his friend
Afraid
We need to be aware so that this will not happen to us.

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Summary
Keith is obsessed over getting slim and going for intensive workouts because he sees on social media how those diets/workouts make people have abs and better looking figures. He was being influenced by what he sees on social media and regardless of how intense or unhealthy the workouts are, he continued with it because of the

Feelings of the Character
- he’s in denial. people notice something is wrong but because he’s in denial he feels that no one understands him and so he’s unhappy about it all.
- he’s insecure when he sees people gaining weight and goes on further extremes.

Examples of “”
- his entire feed is about working out, diets, and seeing people with lean figures because he’s obsessed with those things. (echo chambers/filter bubbles)
- seeing repetitive and similar posts on dieting and workout pictures will influence him to do the same

Why is it important for us to be aware of these situations?
- We ourselves will not be gymbros
- We will not be easily influenced by strangers on the internet

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Summary:
Sufian wants to propose an idea but the group does not agree with his idea and does not want to ruin the tradition. And he feels that he should not be a burden and should just go with the groups idea. His staff sergeant also agreed with the group and he is forced to go with their idea

Identify the feelings of Sufian:
- he feels forced
- he feels that his feelings are neglected

Identify echo chambers etc.:
- There is an echo chamber here as they say its a tradition and do not want to change the tradition. He says “i better not cause any trouble” and replies with “no worries”. He comes off as agreeing to their plan but inside his heart and soul, he does not like their idea. He is sad to convey his idea and his objection as he does not want to ruin the “harmony” of the group. The group agrees with the tradition and he thinks that his point is invalid as everyone supports the tradition
- He does not want to be hated or disliked by the group because he proposed another idea.

Why is it important for us to be aware of these situations?
- everyone has freedom of speech and should have the right to speak up about something. Echo chambers may disregard someone’s feelings as they feel that they are not allowed to speak up about their own thoughts

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1. Pei Yu, Natasha, Sara Ann, Baby, Hannah
2 and 3. Social media can be toxic since it makes you feel insecure about yourself. Keith felt insecure and tried to lose weight since he saw posts of other people being fit. After following unhealthy diets that are promoted in social media he ends up gaining weight again. He also rudely replied to his friend who commented on his post to defend himself.

4. Social media giving hoax about fitness. Once you open up fitness topics in social media, you become stuck in the algorithm. So these posts will continuously be advertised to you.

5. So that you can avoid being too obsessed with social standards.