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SUCCESS

History.com Editors. “Women's March.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 5 Jan. 2018, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/womens-march.

  • This source is used to back up factual information used in the argument. Without this source, the information given would be unsubstantiated and could be assumed to be made up or simply untrue. It helps to prove how a single post can grow beyond its initial purpose.

Ciszek, Erica L. “Digital Activism: How Social Media and Dissensus Inform Theory and Practice.” Public Relations Review, vol. 42, no. 2, 2016, pp. 314–321., doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2016.02.002.

  • This source talks about the links between social media and popular movements. It looks at cases like same-sex marriage in relation to Chick-Fil-A, a corporation known for it's more conservative values. It also discusses the correlation between social media how it affects public relations. Movements can either flow with popular beliefs, or, they work to ruin a movement’s or figure’s credibility.

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NEW POLITICAL SCRIPT

Milligan, Susan. “Stepping Through History.” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, 20 Jan. 2017, www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2017-01-20/timeline-the-womens-rights-movement-in-the-us.

  • This source is also used to back up factual information used in the argument. Without this source, the information given would be unsubstantiated and could be assumed to be made up or simply untrue. Its intent is to show how much using social media can change even the seeming small issues that might get lost behind the big umbrella dilemmas.

Shirky, C. “The Political Power of Social Media: Discussion of the Political Impact of Social Media Has Focused on the Power of Mass Protests to Topple Governments. in Fact, Social Media's Real Potential Lies in Supporting Civil Society and the Public Sphere-Which Will Produce Change Over Years and Decades, Not Weeks or Months.” Foreign Affairs -New York-, vol. 90, no. 1, 2011, pp. 28–41.

  • This source helps to outline the impact social media has on politics. From the Benghazi emails to censorship, the boom of social media has forced governments to take part in it. Not only does social media shape the way the government interacts with its people, but it also shapes how governments interact with one another.

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POLITICAL BRAIN

Flores, Rosa, et al. “Record Numbers of Migrant Kids in US Custody.” CNN, Cable News Network, 30 Nov. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/politics/record-numbers-migrant-children-us-custody/index.html.

  • This source is also used to back up factual information used in the argument. Without this source, the information given would be unsubstantiated and could be assumed to be made up or simply untrue. This source gives background information and data on the controversy surrounding immigration policy.

Pew Research Center, July 2018, “Activism in the Social Media Age.”

http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/07/11/activism-in-the-social-media-age/.

  • In this Pew Research study, they looked how people use social media to promote social change and how effective using social media for this purpose it. The study tracks the effectiveness of these movements by looking at the use of hashtags when connected to activist movements.

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