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.