Deko

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

inform youths about the harm social media does to them

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

mmm social media is as bad as you make it I uses to spend social .edit very negatively but now not so much i am less affected by my peers and trying to keep up with what they follow and I follow accounts that genuinely inspire me but then youths are more likely to be influenced so in that aspect more likely a negative impact

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

comics cartoons youth helping to make the Internet a kinder place

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Good.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Let them know how much of usage is too much.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

It depends on what kind of content the user is exposing themselves to.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Proper education on digital literacy and the ability to discern reliability of information. Not all youths take history lessons where these skills are taught, so having classes on verifying news sources or social media marketing will enable students to be more aware of the intentions of the internet world.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Neutral

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Resources on social media, since it\'ll be closest to them

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

7

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

The line/limits of social media usage before going overboard

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Good. It helps me to vent my feelings and frustrations. It also helps me to connect with like-minded individuals who are going through similar mental health issues as me, which makes me feel validated and less alone. I have learnt much more about mental health from social media compared to other formal channels.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

MCI/MCCY/NCSS could collaborate to come up with a web page with a list of tips for good social media usage.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

50:50

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

I would prefer teaching the youths on their own resilience level and controlling their own feelings when reacting or interacting on social media.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

more good

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

campaigns, games etc

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

6

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

good

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

workshops

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

6

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Same

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

I don\'t think there should be such a service

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Social media is definitely doing both good and bad and it’s not exactly mutually exclusive in this case. However, I would say that social media is just the gun and real fault lies with people who are triggering it. So the wrong is definitely in the usage of social media.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

I would really love to reliable informations on this topic

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

probably more bad to be frank, it\'s so easy to pit myself against other people on social media and that just feeds the never ending cycle of comparison

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

definitely how to interact respectfully online, in relation to cyber-bullying, and how to discern whether or not content on social media is real/true

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Good

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Ads in public

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

The proper mindset to have when looking at social media

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

the proper mindset

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

well i think different type of social media are doing more good and bad for my mental health and well-being. for example, i feel like instagram is a place whereby i can get motivations and be productive, not giving up, a place to destress.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

the dos and donts of the social media usage, and the consequences of it.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Case studies

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

I believe it depends. As sometimes it is just a form of entertainment however, at some point it becomes taxing to the brain

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Media literacy pls. I really think a lot of people are not sure of what’s real and what’s not. What should they concern themselves with and what should they not bother

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

It can be good when I choose to filter out stuff that I do not want to see and follow more accounts that empower and inspire me.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Social media etiquette lessons and campaigns in school

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

More good

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

School sharings especially for younger youths

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

It\'s a mixed bag of the best and the worst.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

symposium

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

I would say both good and bad. Good because it keeps me apprised of updates/important news when friends share them (eg resharing of today online articles on their IG story), or when I can share my frustrations/good news/education content with friends or vice versa (eg need a listening ear when I encounter a bad boss, good news on a new job role, useful information about autism) as these help me get things off my chest and at the same time, make me feel like I’m not living a hermit’s life without awareness of my friends’ circumstances, world news and that they know about my situation, where applicable. It can be negative for my mental health and well-being when I see posts from influencers who show off what they can afford and have, even if they purchase items with their own money, because then it creates a feeling on inadequacy and a need to keep up with the jones. When one cant get what they have, it may cause the person to feel insecure, angry with their own earning power…etc. So all in all, social media can be both good and bad but education can help to mitigate the negative impacts through creation of awareness and constant reminders not to take what one sees on social media at face value because often, life isnt like what it seems on the gram.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Checklists such as ‘How aware am I that social media content does not accurately portray what goes on in real life’ can be helpful for youths to be more self aware about how their mental wellbeing and health can be impacted by social media use, services such as IG campaigns on healthy social media use would be good.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

I think social media enhances my mental health if being used properly.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Virtues and Values and why it is important for their own personal growth and how it can help them mentally to stay strong.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

I feel like social media is doing more good than bad for me. I choose to use social media wisely instead of careless getting myself into situations i don’t want to be in. I try to avoid as much cyber fights as possible and inform a trusted adult if needed. Most of my media is used to text my friends and my loved ones. Of course i do have apps to entertain me when i’m bored. I am also not the type to get influenced easily so I don’t really follow things i don’t like.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

I can probably create a website that checks up on teens and about how their day went. This website will provide a caring message at the end to help make their day better.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

I believe that social media is doing more good for our mental health and well-being. Social media enables us to seek or offer emotional support during tough times, find an outlet for your creativity and self-expression, join or promote worthwhile causes; raise awareness on important issues.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Using social networks such as , “Twiducate” and “BetterLesson”

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Used to be more bad but I think now it\'s neutral.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

On the unrealistic nature of what is seen and shared on social media

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

definitely bad. i often catch myself having negative automatic thoughts because i can\'t control comparing myself to other\'s highlights.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

i never received any education about proper social media usage and i think having awareness campaigns would help the impressionable youths become more aware of the repercussions it might have.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

more bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

resources/education on what to do when they encounter bullying, abuse, etc.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

4

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Bad

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

They will learn by themselves. Advice to them will fall upon deaf ears.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Neutral

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

More advocation on proper usage of social media

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

It’s doing more good for me.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Resources from professional social media specialists

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

To the current generation, I believe it\'s doing more bad than good to our mental health and well being.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

To teach youths about not needing to compare with people. Educating them about how social media is just a means for people to portray their good & happy side. But everyone struggles big time.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

More harm

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Self hellp

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

8

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

In the past, it would have been doing more good than bad, however, in recent times and the rise of cancel culture, it instead has become more detrimental instead.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

More guidelines and why it is important to have proper social media usage, and highlights on why it matters.

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

it depends on what we use social media for

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

information available online/on social media to help youths understand the dangers of social media

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

9

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

It will certainly depends on the content exposure and the individuals’ mentality to treat each topic with logic and sensibility.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Roadshows/publicity in popular social sites eg. Facebook, IG/ pro and cons of social media usage/ promote ways to better utilise the usage eg. Educational sites

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

Good. I have an account just for comics motivational quotes and journalling, is a safe space for me

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Methods to satisfy my love for scrolling while removing the toxic parts

In response to "On a scale of 1-10, how important is social media education?"

10

In response to "Do you believe that social media is doing more good or bad for your mental health and well-being?"

I think it’s neutral, depends on how much you use it.

In response to "What resources/services would you wish to have to educate youths about proper social media usage?"

Cancel culture. Trolls. Online hate. Sexual grooming. Sexting. Resources that deal and outline such dangers would be good online and offline.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Teach them socil media can be kind, to be kind. but yes social mediabliteracy is important please also think of ways to help the parents as well, parents may default to screen time/ social media usage to keep kids entertained help parents to find a win win strategy in this current era, one cannot be separated from social media but teaching then to be mindful and intentional with it are they scrolling because they are bored.or they genuinely want to keep up with friends are there better ways to keep up with friends? or merely want a distraction

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Programs can include time management and character building segments, to further protect youths from excessive social media usage that can lead to depression, anxiety, body dissatisfaction, and more.

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Perhaps to encourage youths the join Deko in creating and publishing their own works, attractive prizes or benefits can be given out to the top few chosen

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I think “proper” social media usage sounds extremely condescending. I think you should use terms like “promoting healthier social media usage” instead.

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Can try partnering a few schools and look at the results.

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Love your art Team Deko! Also Lagom is currently having Social Media x Mental Health month, would love to collab with you to make an even bigger impact! All the best for open mic! Love, Team LAGOM

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

I can\'t really tell that your goal is social media education from visiting your website at first glance.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

I believe that social media literacy should be incorporated into the daily educational life’s of the youths. I wish there would be more solid information that I could spread to the people around me. Because I am aware that people know a lot about the scams , fake news and consequences of improper usage of social media but only briefly. It would really help if there is a way we can be brought closer to the problem. The urgency and practical solutions to tackle this problem to be provided as well. I would suggest that instead of using just the team’s brain, you guys could come up with challenges or something and motivate people to share their tips on using social media in a healthy way or something like that.

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i think that youths (especially those in primary/secondary school) may not take the workshops seriously as some of them may not have witnessed the potential mental damage that comes with excessive social media usage. if you guys could share personal stories or case studies to help them draw a direct link between social media and mental health, that\'ll help greatly!

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Provide more category of which social media platform you are targeting.

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Education is important but perhaps you can frame this more as an intervention. you might want to read up about WISE INTERVENTIONS, which are demonstrated to have the potential to change behavior. This will also minimize overlap with existing efforts, such as the cyber wellness talks that currently take place in schools

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

The creating awareness through education is really a nice initiative but I would also love to see more Creative workshops or engaging activities that I could learn this through. Also you guys could collaborate with places like NLB to conduct workshops as well.

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This is a cute and unique idea! Perhaps the young artists can choose to sell their art via art prints to raise funds for mental health initiatives and campaigns held by charities, which would further bring the campaign to greater heights

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Animations can be helpful if the message on appropriate social media use is clearly demonstrated in the clips/art. However, such a medium may be less attractive to youths who may not have an interest in art/animation, or feel that they dont have what it takes to create one. To address the latter, maybe links to free animation creation sites can be included to help them get started and provide a sense of empowerment after the B2B programme has ended. This also encourages continuity beyond the programme. For the former, perhaps, different genres of animation can be created to pique their interests (eg not just cute images but perhaps even realistic images, videos) might be useful to capture the attention of the larger target audience.

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It looks interesting as now mental health issues can get wider outreach through mediums like animations and people can have a say on these issues through creating comics strips to share their thoughts on the issue. I think a feedback form can be provided so users can leave their thoughts on the usefulness of the art and what works for them.

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i wish social media in general could be less about the numbers and more casual. i think although using artistic mediums is a fresh approach towards mental wellbeing, it could still lead to the same issues of comparison which is detrimental for each other\'s mental health as some who aren\'t as artistically-inclined would feel inferior. however, it could even be using .gifs or stickers to create comic strips and animation to help pull down the benchmark and make this proposed programme more accessible and helpful for everyone!

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I like how drawing, animation and comics is used to better youth mental health and their use of social media. perhaps one thing to explore is how to link the drawings to effect changes in their use of social media and their behaviour. e.g. there could be a key message to raise awareness about that the students have to compete and try to create something to tell that specific message. eg what to do when you encounter cyber bullying/ what to do when you feel inferior about yourself/body dissatisfaction.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Not really clear how your solution helps mitigate the mental health problems. I only see it bringing about more awareness. Perhaps a clearer description would be better.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

- How would the artistic medium educate the audience on proper social media usage? - How to ensure that the audience apply what they learn from the session? - How to reinforce what they have learnt?

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Educate youths about proper social media usage through interactive, educative and kid-friendly video content such as Youtube and TikTok

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

In order to have a holistic curriculum, I think Deko should have some form of education on these potential mental health issues as well as how to cope with it.

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

Consider a side focus on building up users\' self-esteem and awareness such that the onus is not only on them and publishing the improper content, but also how to guard themselves from being influenced as well?

In response to "How Can We Improve?"

The learning narrative is vital to the success of this project - while the medium of communication is interesting and good to have, the content itself is more important to solve this concern. All the best!

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Definitely an excellent platform for youths to showcase their art talent! How about also having workshops for parents of the youths?Through that, we can encourage parents to participate with the youths and have family bonding too :)

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Maybe if the comics can be published in a book for participants to keep as a memory?