SAGE News Clips: Social Media's Role in Political ProtestsDescription: UC Berkeley Professor Nezar AlSayyad, of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, discusses the role of social media in political protest. Sites like Facebook and Twitter, AlSayyad notes, allow political dissidents to organize and protest without a key leader. In addition, these sites allow relatives to connect with loved ones in areas of civil unrest. Still, AlSayyad notes, we should be hesitant to give social media sole credit. He states that it is the people on the ground in these areas who are working to elicit change, and Facebook is merely a common medium of communication.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 432 and watch the video. When you've finished

Question

watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the following statements is untrue of social media and social protests like those shown in the video?

A. Social media facilitates communication among activists involved in the dissent.
B. Social media enables communication between activists on the ground and their loved ones elsewhere during the dissent.
C. Social media is ineffective without a key leader to organize the protests.
D. Social media is an essential component in social protests, but these protests are also enabled by other means as well.

Answer 1

Answer: C