KS4 PSHE - Self-image and mental wellbeing

This film is from the series Digital Literacy available on BBC Teach.

Due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter, we strongly advise teacher viewing before watching with your pupils.

Using a real life story, this short film looks at the negative effects that social media can have on our mental wellbeing.

It explains what is attractive about social media and the way that it can seem to work to provide external validation for an individual’s choices and actions.

The film presents a true story that talks through some of the extreme consequences of using social media, as well as the positive uses of online activity.

It emphasises the highly-curated nature of social media and online representations and reinforces the ways that young people can control how they interact with the online world.

The top tips section at the end should provide useful take-away points for students.

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