Education & Social Media
This portion of my work will center around YouTube and Facebook as social media cites that promote education through discussion and interaction with other media users.
Social Media:
Educating all Age Groups on the News
The two distinguished social media sites for acquiring news are Facebook and YouTube because these web pages have the highest activity and number of users. Participation on these networking pages include sharing news stories, videos and images. Many even cover these stories first hand by sharing pictures or videos of the actual event.
One of the most extreme examples of social media educating our public on current events are the citizen videos of police violence and brutality on the black community. When seeing a video while surfing the internet, we are confronted with decisiong of watching or not watching. The truth is that these videos allow many Americans to confront another perspective since they are removed from narratives from white authority figures.
Educating all Age Groups on the News
The two distinguished social media sites for acquiring news are Facebook and YouTube because these web pages have the highest activity and number of users. Participation on these networking pages include sharing news stories, videos and images. Many even cover these stories first hand by sharing pictures or videos of the actual event.
One of the most extreme examples of social media educating our public on current events are the citizen videos of police violence and brutality on the black community. When seeing a video while surfing the internet, we are confronted with decisiong of watching or not watching. The truth is that these videos allow many Americans to confront another perspective since they are removed from narratives from white authority figures.
Works Cited
https://daily.jstor.org/why-we-must-watch-citizen-videos-of-police-violence/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/24/how-social-media-is-reshaping-news/
https://daily.jstor.org/why-we-must-watch-citizen-videos-of-police-violence/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/24/how-social-media-is-reshaping-news/