5/14 Thurs. Draft Questions

Different platforms offer different forms of activism based on word count restrictions and acceptable media on those platforms. “Their individual voices also shift slightly depending on the specific social media platform they use” (Baez 72). How do the different forms of media accepted on different platforms play into the success of activism through social media?

“Arellano and Crisostomo employ social media to not only document their lives through storytelling, but also presume that others share their concerns and work to foster a new audience to join them in a new political imaginary” (Baez 74). How do Arellano and Crisostomo encourage the idea of building affinities among differences through their use of social media to spread their testimonios?

“Moreover, for Lane, an important reason for women to write graffiti, DJ, rap, breakdance, MC or beatbox, is to prevent violence in their community through female visibility” (Castillo-Garsow 340). How does increasing female visibility and representation in society work to combat the femicide that occurs in many countries?

“The cypher is welcoming and thus models a pedagogy that is inclusive and improvisational in nature” (Watkins and Caines). How does the cypher and hip-hop in general foster community-building and story-telling similar to the act of fandango?