PDF: ConferencePaperPDF  Abstract: Social media platforms are valuable tools in activism today, as they allow activists and ordinary users to advocate for social change in a public forum, which I build from using Freelon et al. (2020)’s article “False Equivalencies” in the American Association for the Advancement of Science Journal. I argue that the benefit of these public forums is that they allow information to be spread easily through ‘hashtag activism.’ When Read more [...]