What role does social media play in organizing political and social protest? How successful a social media campaigns? Is social media, overall, beneficial or harmful to modern day activism?
4-5 pages in MLA format, the essay includes (intro, 3 body paragraphs, counter argument, conclusion). each body paragraph must include 2 quotes, and the counter argument 2-3 quotes. from the following articles, and it requires to use at least three of them.
1-Al-Sharif, Manal. “The Dangers of Digital Activism.” The New York Times. 16 September 2018.
2-Carr, David. “Hashtag Activism and its Limits.” The New York Times. 25 March 2012.
3-Chenoweth, Erica. “Why Social Media Isn’t the Revolutionary Tool it Appears to Be” The Independent. 23 November 2017.
4-Essig, Kate. “Activism or Slacktivism? How Social Media Hurts and Helps Student Activism.” St. Louis Public Radio. 2 Jan. 2014. 5-Rutledge, Pamela B. “Four Ways Social Media is Redefining Activism.” Psychology Today. 060ctober 2010.
6-Zeynep, Tufekci. “Online Social Change: Easy to Organize, Hard to Win. Ted Talk. Oct. 2014.
