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Workshops

Viral Wise workshops help people to make sense of the complicated and confusing world of social media. They help participants understand how social media platforms are designed, how they operate and why they have the effects they do.

Youth Workshops (Age 15-25)

Youth workshops explore the individual/personal experience of social media. They encourage young people to reflect on their own digital habits, question what they see online, and understand how platforms shape their behaviour and beliefs.

Youth workshops are built around four core topics:

Business Model: 

How do social media companies make money? How does this affect how they operate?

Illustration of a stack of dollar bills tied with a band.

Addictive Design:

What shapes/guides how social media platforms are designed? What are features such as likes, streaks and notifications designed to do? 

Two computer screens displaying lines of green and white code on a black background, with a dark teal background.

Algorithms:

What are algorithms? How do they work? How and why do things go viral?

Flowchart with various shapes and arrows showing a process or decision making.

Psychology of Scrolling: 

Why is social media addictive? How does it shape our thoughts and beliefs?

Illustration of a pink human brain against a teal background.

Safeguarding & Compliance

Child safety is our top priority. All workshops for under 18s are fully compliant with Irish safeguarding standards:

  • TUSLA training

  • Child Safeguarding Policy

Workshops are delivered in a safe, professional environment, with a focus on creating an inclusive and respectful space for discussion.

Read our Child Safeguarding Statement here.

Adult Workshops (Age 25+)

Adult workshops zoom out and focus on social media as an individual and community issue. Building on the same core concepts covered in youth workshops, participants also explore topics like social media regulation and education, as well as the future of social media in the age of AI.

Core Topics:

Social Media’s Business Model 

Illustration of a stack of dollar bills with a strip in the middle, set against a yellow background.

Addictive Design

Two computer screens displaying lines of green and gray computer code on a yellow background.

Algorithms

Flowchart with a green rectangle at the top, leading to a blue diamond shape connected to three circles (light orange, red, and orange), and an arrow pointing from the orange circle to a yellow rounded rectangle.

Psychology of Scrolling 

Illustration of a pink brain on a yellow background.

Additional Topics:

Regulation:

What are the different approaches to regulating social media? What makes regulation effective or ineffective?

A cartoon illustration of a gold-colored balance scale with empty pans against a yellow background.

Education:

What are the challenges of educating about social media? What does does effective education look like?

A stack of four colorful books in pink, blue, orange, and yellow, arranged on a bright yellow background.

The Future of Social Media:

How might AI shape the future of social media? How can we build safer, healthier alternatives?

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