Section 3 // 9:30 a.m. // #activism

Panel members:  Reilly, Britt, Amira

Hashtag: #activism

Twitter questions:

Q1: Do you think #activism is effective in its campaigning? Why or why not? (Reilly)
Q2: Did you hear about the #metoo campaign before reading these articles? If so where/ who did you hear it from? (Britt)
Q3: Why are progressive activists using hashtags on social media as a tactic to form popular phenomenons– Do you see this as a positive or negative form of expression? (Amira)

Readings:

• “#MeToo made the scale of sexual abuse go viral. But is it asking too much of survivors?” (Washington Post, October 2017)
• “The Case For Social Media and Hashtag Activism” (Huffington Post, January 2015)

Counter-technology: Go on Twitter and search #Activism. Find another activism phenomena other than #MeToo and provide a one sentence summary on what the hashtag is used to promote, or speak out against, and what it means.

Section 4 // 12:30 p.m. // #onlinedating apps

Panel members: Dana, Ellie, Stephen, Melanie

Hashtag: #onlinedatingapps

Twitter questions:

Q1: If you’ve ever used an #onlinedatingapp like #Tinder, what types of info did you allow on your profile? If not, what info WOULD you allow?
Q2: Has anything about these #onlinedatingapps ever raised some safety concerns for you?
Q3: What types of #data do you think #onlinedatingapps might have access to?

Readings:

• “Tindont: Tinder’s privacy brought into question” (Information Age, August 2016)
• “I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets” (The Guardian, September 2017)
• “Tinder must be joking with their ‘download your data’ option.” (Medium/PersonalData.IO, October 2017)

Counter-technology: