People who record events on their phones and post them are referred to as citi zen journalists because they post information that is in the interest of the public and make it available to the public. They sometimes get paid for a story or earn money from advertising on their channel. But because they are not professional journalists, they might show only one side of a story or might not be aware of how their contribution can be misleading. Another problem is that people with extreme views can present their own opinions as facts and others believe them.
Look at the following examples of social media posts and, working in pairs. answer the questions.
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1. Are you familiar with any of these tweets? Which one/s? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Do you think any of these tweets might be infl uential? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What makes it infl uential?
4. Do you think this posting was the action of a good citizen? Why/why not? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________