Social Media and Student Activism

What were the first two social media websites that brought attention to the different social issues?

• Facebook and Youtube

• Snapchat and Instagram

• Twitter and Facebook

• Snapchat and Tik Tok

What was the first college that had a picture/video go viral about police brutality to students?

• University of California Davis

• Kent State Univeristy

• Stanford Univeristy

• University of California, Berkeley

What was the first out of the "three changes in the culture and technology of media"

• The rise of social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook

• The news media's move to a 24-hour news cycle

• There had been a change in student media, specifically a shift to online publishing

• Newspapers being the prime source of information

Why did the picture of the student from Kent State University in 1970 gain so much commotion

• A professional photographer was at the scene with his camera to capture the moment

• Someone took a picture and posted it

• The news channel was at Kent State that day to broadcast to all of America

What did students at Oberlin University post about on their school's online newspaper that ended up making headlines in dozens of other news articles

• Excessive Amounts of Homework

• Challenging Classes

• Campus Police Brutality

• Dining Hall Food

What is the second change in "the culture and technology of media"?

• There had been a change in student media, specifically a shift to online publishing

• The rise of social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook

• The news media's move to a 24-hour news cycle

• Newspaper being the prime source of information

What is the third change in "the culture and technology of media"?

• The news media's move to a 24-hour news cycle

• the rise of social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook

• Newspapers being the primary source of information

• There had been a change in student media, specifically a shift to online publishing

Why was it so significant that the post of Lieutenant Pike holding a can of pepper went viral (select all that apply)

• It ended shining a brighter spotlight on campus police violence than the previous protesters managed to bring about

• A psychobiology major took the picture, rather than a trained photographer who had previous experience as a new photographer.

• It went viral on Facebook immediately, rather than having to wait a few days for it to appear in the newspaper

• The existence of these photos attracted major attention that led to multiple investigations

The pictures of Lieutenant Pike started to quickly turn into different ______ which helped the virality of the photos

• Memes

• Quotes

• Stickers

• GIFs

What year did the acts of Lieutenant Pike and other police officers unjustly treating the students at the University of California Davis take place?

• 2008

• 2009

• 2010

• 2011