In the first session, students should work in groups of 2-5 people and check out the most recent local newspapers and list the main topics and themes, as well as the most interesting pieces (15’ group work – 5’ reporting).

Students should check out their own social media feed, especially Snapchat; see if there is any mention of the daily news in the feed (20’).

Then students report their findings: list the channels covered; news sites and newspapers checked out; where else could the student find the same information (10’).

In the second session, students check other people’s feeds within the same group: how similar and different are they (is there a ‘personal bubble’?)? They should select one or a few news topics and analyse them in more detail: Where is the news originally coming from? Is the social media personality judging/ evaluating/commenting on the news somehow, presenting it in a certain light? (20’ group work – 10’ reporting).

Closing discussion: How does social media serve as a news source? Does it cover significant news? Does it make you go and find more information on certain topics? (20’).