My thoughts: Internet memes are are common marketing tool these days. The latest popular one you may have heard about is Charlie Charlie. If you are not familiar with it then please read these recent articles in the Independent and Telegraph. It looks like this may be linked to a forthcoming horror movie called The Gallows. Keeping up-to-date with these trending social media items is a full-time job and our students use sophisticated webs of social interactions and tools to gain access, share and discuss them. As a parent you can use them to your advantage to start conversations with your children about aspects of life that simple day-to-day interactions may not explore. Questions you could discuss with your children are:
Q. Why do you think this is so popular?
Q. What are the sources?
Q. Are there alternative points of view?
Q. How do you feel when you watch/read/listen to it?
Q. With all the stuff
that’s online, how do you know what to take seriously and what to dismiss as meaningless?
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