In what ways does the text highlight social media as a venue for learning and sharing information, holding others accountable, and activism? Think about recent issues either concerning your own personal use of social media and how engaged in one of these three uses. Think of an instance where social media accomplished holding others accountable and activism.

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What will be an ideal response?

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ANS: The information from the text that will cover this information can be found on pages 232 to 234. Students should talk about some of the sites that have created voices for women, minorities, and LGBTQ people on the internet (such as Jezebel and Black Girl Dangerous). They should discuss how social media has taken over the traditional media role of holding powerful interests accountable and talk about how social media communities are fertile grounds for cultivating activism. Black Lives Matter is a great example of recent activism on social media.

Examples they use will vary, but there are a lot of options, including using social media to organize the Women’s March in January 2017, the use of social media to get public figures and companies to apologize (such as Pepsi withdrawing the Kendall Jenner commercial), and other sources of information that might not be listed in the book.