Have you ever posted a video that's gone viral? Savvy social media scholars examine the not-so-honest practice of using autoplay to count video views during a thought-provoking video. The animated video depicts the life of an uploaded video on Facebook, as well as the lengthy process producers must go through to have content removed due to copyright infringement.

Concepts

facebook, copyright laws, big business, business ethics, business, piracy, the internet, statistics, literacy skills

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask pupils if they have viewed videos on Facebook or other social media platforms that appeared to be copyrighted material
• Have the class follow up to see if Facebook has changed its video policies since this video first came out
  

Classroom Considerations

• Make sure students understand a little about copyright laws before watching the video
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Narrator does an excellent job of explaining how social media is able to steal views and translate them into business-boosting statistics
• The resource shows the effects of Internet piracy from the perspective of small video producers, which makes the content very relatable
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2