Chapter 7: Making Your Own Argument
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Watch Video 7.1: Making Your Own Argument, detailing a close reading of the previous assignment prompt. How does yours compare?
Close Reading Assignment Prompt
Interesting words or phrases |
National identity
Status Protest Balance Power dynamics Internet Citizens Government register |
New words or phrases |
Kosovo
Balkan Peninsula “check in” Power dynamics History of Iranian protests Occupy Wall Street Black Lives Matter History of Egyptian Protests |
Synonyms |
Register and check in
Balance of power and power dynamics Users and citizens Social media and Facebook |
Contrasts |
Governments and citizens
Balance and unbalance Protest and government Useful and harmful |
Best: Two Observations |
The contrast between government and citizens
Power dynamics |
Template:
By using the contrast between “government” and “citizens” as well as the repetition of the phrase “power dynamics,” this prompt is asking me to make an argument about the power dynamics created and/or enforced by ONE social media during ONE protest movement.