POLICE BRUTALITY SOCIAL MEDIA ANISSA STOVALL TEXAS STATE
POLICE BRUTALITY & SOCIAL MEDIA ANISSA STOVALL TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
INTRODUCTION SOCIAL MEDIA IS CHANGING THE WAY NEWS ON POLICE BRUTALITY IS REPORTED. HASHTAG #FERGUSON MADE THE MICHAEL BROWN SHOOTING INTO INTERNATIONAL NEWS. WITH OVER 200 MILLION ACTIVE MONTHLY USERS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER, NEWS CAN BE TRANSMITTED QUICKLY AND INACCURATELY.
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS • DOES SOCIAL MEDIA ENCOURAGE INSTANT OUTRAGE IN REGARDS TO POLICE BRUTALITY? • DOES SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGE THE WAY NEWS IS REPORTED IN POLICE BRUTALITY AND MINORITIES? • HOW DID FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM CHANGE THE CONVERSATIONS OF RIOTS IN AMERICA?
RESULTS DOES SOCIAL MEDIA ENCOURAGE INSTANT OUTRAGE IN REGARDS TO POLICE BRUTALITY? YES, DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INSTANT COMMUNICATION OF RECENT EVENTS, NEWS IS OFTEN TRANSLATED VERY QUICKLY AND IS MISINTERPRETED BY THE PUBLIC. DOES SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGE THE WAY NEWS IS REPORTED IN POLICE BRUTALITY AND MINORITIES? WHEN EVALUATING THE COMMENTS AND POSTS FROM MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT MINORITIES WERE BEING CRITICIZED, DISRESPECTED AND TREATED UNJUSTLY. HOW DID FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM CHANGE THE CONVERSATIONS OF RIOTS IN AMERICA? FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM CHANGED THE CONVERSATIONS OF RIOTS BY QUICKLY REPORTING ON NEWS THAT DID NOT CONTAIN ALL THE FACTS.
CONCLUSION • WE THE PEOPLE MUST TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES TO CREATE A POSITIVE STABLE PLATFORM WHEN UTILIZING SOCIAL MEDIA TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE OF IMPORTANCE TO LEGAL ISSUES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.
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