Short Reads
Let’s face it: social media is political.
Based on a study by Pew Research Center, if you log onto your favorite social media site – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. – and scroll through your newsfeed for two to five minutes, there is a 93% chance you will see at least one political post.
And this raises one big question: Is it good or bad that social media is so political?
You and your friends are on a cross-country road trip. You’ve mapped out all the places you want to stop and visit along the way. The only thing you haven’t done is pick the road trip music. So, you put it to a vote. Alex votes for pop. Bailey and Cameron vote for country. Dakota votes for rock, while you vote for its more modern counterpart, alternative. With the most votes, country is the winner.
I. Introduction
We all know how it feels when somebody asks our opinion and then, seemingly out of spite, does the exact opposite. When this occurs at an institutional level, entire communities — made up of the people that are the driving force of such institutions — understandably become frustrated and demand change.
