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Read the following Washington Post story about a high school student who tried to combat bullying through a combination of Facebook posts and real life action. Here is the link https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/08/maine-teenager-suspended-rape-warning-high-school/ Write a short response paper (at least one full page but no more than two pages, double spaced), answering the following questions. Make sure to include concepts or discussions from class to support your answers. 1. Think about how the blogger for the Post talked about finding this story. How does this relate to the idea from the Hurricane Sandy story (above) that social media is “one globally linked game of telephone� What do you think of that idea in relation to the context here? 2. If you were someone professionally interested in keeping this story going (a guidance counselor at the school, a PR professional for an anti-bullying organization, etc), how might you do so? What other social media outlets might you use to get your message across? Provide specific detail. 3. How might you use this story to help support or detract from your own personal definition of social media and its potential uses? What does this story tell us about the power of social media and how it can be used?
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