Course: Digital Wellbeing

Everyone wants to look their best. The creation of self and the effort to capture it in some form of self-portrait is nothing new. But the rise of selfie culture …

How many likes did you get on that post? How far did you walk today? How well did you drive your car? As Dr David Beer discusses in the video …

This week we have introduced some of the issues around the topic of digital wellbeing. We’ve looked at the intersection of wellbeing and mental health, and investigated whether mental health …

In the video above, Dr Darren Reed outlines the importance of our online identities, and how essential it is that we possess the necessary skills – the digital literacies – …

It’s no surprise that technology impacts our daily lives. Technology including physical devices, apps, and websites are designed in ways which have altered our lives in subtle (and not so …

What do we mean by the data self? Here, Dr David Beer explains how we live in an environment where the amount of data accumulated about us is huge, and …

Algorithms and algorithmic systems are all around us. In this video, Dr David Beer talks us through why they’re important, and why we need to be aware of their influence …

Now we know what we all ate for breakfast, but is it good for us? Athletes, models, actors and celebrities sharing images of themselves and their lifestyles can lead us …

A 1993 cartoon by Peter Steiner marvelled that: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” But it’s probably more accurate to say that “On the Internet, everybody knows what …

Never mind the quality… feel the width! With so much information available to us in the digital world, it’s important we choose wisely. While most internet users understand that not …

News headlines want to grab our attention. By its very nature, the news tells us about events out of the ordinary…. DOG BITES POSTSMAN – not news. POSTMAN BITES DOG …

Digital technologies have permeated our everyday tasks and interactions in the 21st century. They have changed the way we learn, work and socialise. In recent years this reliance on the …

Awareness campaigns have been trying to improve our understanding of mental health for a long time. World Mental Health Day has been going since the early ’90s; Australia has been …

If we are going to consider our digital wellbeing, a useful first step is to reflect on your own interactions with technology, media, and digital communications. We need to gain …

Wellbeing refers to our sense of self and our ability to live our lives as closely as possible to the way we want to. It encapsulates the abilities to have …