When I was watching the clip from Raquel Recuero: Digital Youth, Social Movements, and Democracy in Brazil. Something struck me about the idea of prejudice existing in social media. In my other online course, Introduction to Critical Pedagogy, we have discussing the idea of "the other." Within this discussion we have talked about the idea of racism and race.
One of the questions asked from the Recuero clip was, "How do you see this kind of prejudice expression within [social media] content in your research?" One of the women from the clip responded very truthfully when she said that the idea of prejudice is a real issue online. It's something that needs to be addressed and fixed. She then added, "I don't think that social media is creating prejudice, but it is showing it."
A perfect example of this kind of bigotry can be spotted on any YouTube video in the comments section. I have wholeheartedly believed that the idea of prejudice has become much too prevalent in our society and is something that is now being seen in the digital world at a seemingly worse rate.
Casey,
ReplyDeleteI too am taking Critical Pedagogy and I see you related the two discussions. I completely agreed with the woman’s response to the concern of prejudice taking place within social networking. I don’t think its producing it our encouraging it, rather I think it just creates an accessibilities for these beings that hold prejudice feelings to express them. Just like that old fashion debate how guns don’t kill but humans using the guns kill. Thanks for linking the two discussions it helped steer my critical thinking