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Is Social Media a Value Neutral Technology Discussion
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Is social media a value-neutral technology? (400-500 words)
- Is social media a value-neutral technology? Does social media have “politics” in Langdon Winner’s sense of the term?
- (In your analysis, summarize the two ways in which Winner says artifacts have politics.)
- Present your opposition’s best reasons and evidence against your thesis.
- (For example, if you argued “yes” above, then what’s the strongest argument from the “no” side of the debate?)
- Defend your thesis by refuting the opposition’s critique.
- Write your word count at the end.
- Is social media a value-neutral technology? Does social media have “politics” in Langdon Winner’s sense of the term?
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Is social media a totalitarian form of social control? (400-500 words)
- Thesis: Defend, challenge, or qualify the claim that social media is a “totalitarian” form of social control.
- The thesis answers the essay prompt. Click this link to see what makes strong thesis statement.
- Analyze the text: Make sure that you thoroughly explain what Marcuse means when he says “contemporary industrial society tends to be totalitarian” (450).
- Support thesis with evidence: Explain the economic and political forces that control social media technologies. How are they wielding it? For what end(s)?
- Support your thesis with two real world examples from the Week 10b videos below. In addition to these two examples, you may also refer to world events and your personal experience as evidence to support your thesis.
- Parts 1 & 2 of Al Jazeera’s Disinformation & Democracy (25 mins each) [For some odd reason, Part 2 is at the top. Scroll down the page for Part 1]
- ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’ (Guardian) (13 mins)
- Support your thesis with two real world examples from the Week 10b videos below. In addition to these two examples, you may also refer to world events and your personal experience as evidence to support your thesis.
- Write your word count at the end.
- Thesis: Defend, challenge, or qualify the claim that social media is a “totalitarian” form of social control.
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