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Business: Social Media
Primary focus:
to read business-related texts that young people can identify with
to learn about the positive and negative things of social media
to reflect on how fake news on social media may affect democracy and world events
to learn about the four major social media platform players and their business models
Kernetekster:
Cyberbullying: How anonymous attacks changed me forever, Charlotte Philby, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. in The Independent, 10 August 2014).
The day I confronted my troll by Leo Traynor, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. on theGuardian.com, 26 September 2012).
Interview with a Troll, Whitney Phillips, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. in billions-and-billions.com, 28 May 2012).
The Social Dilemma, Docudrama, directed by Jeff Orlowski, Netflix, 2020.
Group work and presentations on the four major social media platforms:
Groups 1 + 2: Facebook
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Lucas Downey, Investopedia.com, 19 June 2022.
What is Facebook? Daniel Nations, Lifewire.com, 19 September 2021.
Groups 3 + 4: Instagram
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Lucas Downey, Investopedia.com, 19 June 2022.
7 Reasons why Instagram is the best social media app to use, Khizer Kaleem, makeuseof.com, 4 Feb. 2022.
Groups 5 + 6: TikTok
TikTok: What it is, How it works, and why it’s popular, Deborah D’Souza, www.investopedia.com, 5 July 2022.
TikTok’s ties to China: Why concerns over your data are here to stay, Dan Milmo, the Guardian.com, 7 Nov. 2022.
Groups 7 + 8: Twitter
What is Twitter & How does it work? Paul Gil, www.lifewire.com, 29 August 2021.
Why is Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover increasing hate speech? Rashawn Ray, www.brookings.edu, 23 Nov. 2022.
Supplerende stof:
The poem called Look Up by Gary Turk, From Where You Are2, Systime 2022. (Originally publ. in 2014).
Written assignment about social media - academic essay
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