Social Media Vocab
false or inaccurate information, deliberately intended to deceive.
What is misinformation?
In 1941, Rustin and other civil rights leaders, including A. Philip Randolph, proposed a march on Washington D.C. to protest racial segregation in the armed forces and other industries.
What is providing historical context?
Cheerleading is a sport. Support or against?
According to Marc Lochbaum, professor of kinesiology at Texas Tech University, “We’ve collected data at football games … and it showed that the amount of time cheerleaders spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity was the cardiovascular equivalent of running a marathon or more … because the game day is so long ― about six hours from the pregame excitement all the way to the end without a lot of breaks.”
What is support for "cheerleading is a sport"?
Landfills, incinerators, and hazardous waste disposal being disproportionately placed in communities of color.
What is environmental racism?
Rumors spread about an affair between this former Euphoria star and her costar in Anyone But You
Not supporting a business as a way of protest
What is a boycott?
Remya, who lived in a small village in rural India, learned that her mother was ill and her father would have to spend his time caring for her.
What is a personal anecdote?
Animals should be used for scientific testing. Support or Against?
94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials. Over 100 stroke drugs and over 85 HIV vaccines failed in humans after succeeding in animal trials.
What is against "animals should be used for scientific testing"?
Areas where residents are subjected to heightened levels of pollution and hazardous materials, despite the adverse impacts on their health.
This singer starting dating her Wicked costar, who used to be the lead in Spongebob the Musical.
Who is Ariana Grande?
Rules, signals and data that govern q platform's operation and determine how content is filtered, ranked, selected, and recommended to users.
What is an algorithm?
To understand wireless networks, let’s first look at wired networks. Some older computers use Ethernet cables to connect to the internet. On one end, an Ethernet jack plugs into the back of the computer. On the other end, the Ethernet jack plugs into a modem or router, devices that work together to connect to the internet, a vast network of connected computers.
What is explaining in more specific detail?
Felons should regain the right to vote. Support or against?
The “war on drugs, sentencing laws, and discretionary prosecution” have led to the mass incarceration of Black men in particular. In turn, studies have shown that the “greater the nonwhite prison population, the more likely a state will ban convicted felons from voting.”
What is support for "felons should regain the right to vote"?
Using emerging technologies to manipulate the environment and partially offset some of the impacts of climate change
This Goop founder got into a highly publicized court trial after having a ski-accident in Park City, Utah
The idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, which is a process of reward and punishment
What is behaviorism?
As the planet warms, many North American butterflies are moving north or higher into the mountains. One species, Edith's checkerspot, was once common across the western United States.
What is showing a cause and effect relationship?
The federal minimum wage should be increased. Support or against?
They can only pay higher wages if they raise prices. Customers—not business owners—pay that cost.” For example, NBC News found that the price of a cup of coffee went up by 10 to 20% in Oakland, California, after a 36% minimum wage hike, while coffee prices in Chicago rose 6.7% after the minimum wage rose to $10.
What is against "the federal minimum wage should be increased"?
The belief that humans have the right take, take, take natural resources from the Earth and use them how they see fit.
What is extractivism?
Before dating Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift had a brief fling with this 1975 lead singer.
Who is Matt Healy?
Making responsible and sustainable purchasing decisions considering the social, economic, and environmental impact of the products and services consumed.
What is ethical consumption?
After choosing the road that seems to have been less traveled, the speaker then comments that, in fact, the two roads had been "worn ... really about the same." The speaker seems to sense that though he or she has attempted to take the road "less traveled," there's no actual way to know if it was less traveled.
What is "analyzing or looking closely at a specific word or phrase"?
Video games cause youth violence. Support or Against?
Total US sales of video game hardware and software increased 204% from 1994 to 2014, reaching $13.1 billion in 2014, while violent crimes decreased 37% and murders by juveniles acting alone fell 76% in that same period.
What is against "video games cause youth violence"?
the debt owed to developing countries by developed countries for the damage caused by their disproportionately large contributions to climate change
What is climate debt?
This Vanderpump Rules star cheated on his girlfriend of 9 years Ariana Madix.
Who is Tom Sandoval?