amplifier: An item (commonly a device) that boosts the power of a signal. For instance, an amplifier is frequently connected to an electric guitar to make it louder.
anxiety: An anxious response to an event that triggers excessive worry or apprehension. Individuals experiencing anxiety may also suffer from panic attacks.
bullying: (v. bully) A sequence of cruel and repeated actions. It encompasses teasing, spreading rumors, causing harm, and intentionally excluding someone from a group or activity. Bullying can involve physically attacking someone (e.g. hitting them), threatening violence, shouting at someone, or verbally abusing them with violent words. Much of the bullying occurs in private, but it can also take place online, through emails, or text messages. Modern examples include creating fake profiles on websites and sharing embarrassing photos and videos on social media.
critical thinking: Occasionally referred to as a scientific mindset, it involves the careful and thorough examination and evaluation of all beliefs, established facts, and values based on accessible data and experiences to draw conclusions.
depression: (in medicine) a mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and indifference. While these emotions may be triggered by events like the loss of a loved one or relocating to a new city, they are usually classified as an “illness” if the symptoms persist and hinder the individual’s ability to carry out everyday tasks (work, sleep, socializing, etc.). People with depression often experience a lack of energy to accomplish tasks, difficulty concentrating, and a lack of interest in usual activities. Frequently, it seems like there is no specific reason behind these feelings as they can arise seemingly out of nowhere.
Develop: Emerging or produced naturally or through human intervention like manufacturing. (in biology) Maturing as an organism from conception to adulthood, often undergoing changes in chemistry, size, mental maturity, or even shape.
Digital: (in computer science and engineering) Something created numerically on a computer or other electronic devices based on the binary system (all numbers represented using only 0s and 1s). An adjective used to describe something.
hindrance: (in medicine) An impairment in the body’s normal functioning, leading to a condition that can be deemed a disease. This term is sometimes used interchangeably with disease.
eating disorder: A mental health condition involving dangerously unhealthy eating habits and fluctuations in weight.
exploitation: (verb: exploit) Taking advantage of one or more individuals for personal benefit. Examples include making people work for low or no pay, coercing people to do something by threatening harm, and deceiving individuals into giving up something of value.
implicit: An adjective denoting something that is implied but not explicitly stated. It can be used to indicate that an idea is so evident that it does not require direct articulation.
Link: A connection between two people or things.
Media literacy: Ability to analyze and critically think about news, information, and other messages from various communication platforms.
mental health: A term describing an individual’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being, encompassing how people behave, interact with others, make choices, handle stress, and manage fear and anxiety. Poor mental health can result from illness or reflect a short-term response to life’s challenges, and can occur at any age.
monitor: To examine, sample, or observe something, especially regularly or continuously.
online: (noun) on the Internet. (adjective) Referring to something that can be accessed or found on the Internet.
predator: (adjective: predatory) An animal that preys on other animals for a significant portion or all of its sustenance.
psychologist: A scientist or mental health professional studying the mind, particularly its relation to behavior and mental state. Some collaborate with others while others conduct experiments on animals, often rodents, to assess how the mind reacts to different stimuli and conditions.
danger: The likelihood or mathematical probability of an adverse event occurring. For instance, exposure to radiation carries a risk of cancer or the threat of harm itself (e.g. The cancer risks people faced included drinking water contaminated with radiation and arsenic.).
self-harm: Intentionally causing harm to one’s body. This can include cutting, scratching, or burning oneself, typically as a coping mechanism for emotional distress, not necessarily with suicidal intentions. Also known as self-injury.
Social media: A digital platform enabling people to connect and share information with each other, often anonymously. Examples include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp.
investigation: To observe, study, measure, or assess something, often encompassing wide-scale land or landscape analysis. (involving people) Posing inquiries to gather data about opinions, habits (e.g. eating and sleeping patterns), knowledge, and skills of a diverse range of individuals. Researchers select the number and types of people to question, expecting that the responses will represent others of the same age, ethnicity, or living region. (n.) A set of questions aimed at collecting such data.
technology: The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, particularly in industry, or the devices, processes, and systems resulting from such applications.
twitter: Former name of an online social network allowing users to post messages up to 280 characters long. (Previously, the limit was 140 characters until November 2017.) Elon Musk, who acquired the platform in 2022, renamed it X in mid-2023.
web: (In computing) Abbreviation for World Wide Web, a colloquialism for the Internet.
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