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This assignment will investigate the connections that are made between criminal activity and social media platforms. Looking into the way that youth have directly had an impact into the way social media has dictated the way they are able to display their crimes.
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Over many generations the way the that people interact has had drastic changes; the largest impacts of social media are on the youth of today. Baby boomers had a different social media perspective Read more [...]
This paper argues that online networks Tinder and Instagram have caused social change through their influence on millennials and Generation Z. This has ultimately resulted in a negative shift in the views on love, commitment and the formation of deep connections held by these generations. Instagram's highlight reel has become responsible for relationship dissatisfaction amongst younger generations, influencing how they feel they should be behaving both in relationships and sexually. Read more [...]
Online networks can be utilised to help promote social change. The popularity of social media has grown exponentially throughout the 21st century, with it developing beyond just a way of communication amongst friends. The creation of online networks amongst multiple sites has allowed brands and people grow themselves from the ground up, with some using said social networks to promote social change. #MeToo gripped the world when it started going viral in 2017, calling for those who have experienced Read more [...]
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Social media apps such as Twitter are effective media through which to raise awareness of social justice issues, the environmental crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement providing two contemporary examples of online activism. This research paper argues that this raised awareness does not translates into real political change as Twitter et al foster ‘thin communities’ that are as easily dispersed as they are formed, and create the illusion that awareness equates Read more [...]