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The premise behind self improvement applications is that we can become better, more efficient people.
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There are numerous applications that aid self-improvement:
Headspace allows individuals to take some time away from their day to navigate complex life challenges through “mindfulness meditation.”
HAPIfork helps consumers eat slower and lose weight by measuring and tracking the duration of meals and the frequency of fork servings per minute. Data is then reflected in the HAPI app to help people build healthier eating habits.
Mind Bloom is a suite of applications targeting self-development issues such as understanding the effect of habits on your energy levels.
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Self improvement applications such as these tend to focus on digital habits, such as eating, exercising, and meditating.
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There are few applications for media literacy.
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Applications for media literacy are necessary for our improvement, given the massive amount of media competing for our attention and resources, using ever more manipulative tactics.
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“The challenge is not to amass more information, but to access, organize, and evaluate useful information from a variety of print and electronic sources.”
Kathleen Tyner, author, “Literacy in A Digital World”
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How can apps better structure our media literacy?
a) Highlight adjectives in blog posts to bring attention to subjective interpretation of facts.
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c) Divide articles into easily read chunks. See: this article.