Project 3 Active Reading
“Unfollow” by Adrian Chen https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SP7eSNz72CppXtFRpjnxrMDdriLNffO968IYyYFpkiI/edit?usp=sharing ” But Phelps-Roper had loved Murphy in “Clueless,” and she felt an unexpected pang—not quite sadness, but something close—over her death. As she continued scrolling through Twitter, she saw that it was full of people mourning Murphy. The contrast between the grief on Twitter and the buoyant mood in the basement unsettled her. She couldn’t bring herself to post a tweet thanking God for Murphy’s death. “I felt like I would be such a jackass…
Practice Podcast 4/13
“Unfollow” By Adrian Chen
Megan Phelps-Roper’s life changed due to interaction caused on social media. Due to twitter, by being able to share her views on the Westboro Baptist church, Megan was able to gain a following of people who agreed with her views along with people who didn’t, still interacted with her to share their views. Since twitter is an easy place to share these points of views, Megans life was changed in a way that people were listening to what she had…
Disability
In the article, “Dear parents: Don’t just tell your kids not to ‘stare’ at mine” by Christina Cipriano supports Batson et al. claim, adopting the perspectives of an individual in a stigmatized group leads to increased empathetic feelings towards this individual. In the article the author talks about her son Miles who has visible disabilities and the struggles they have with parents telling their kids not to stare at hers. The author explains how when parents tell their kids to…
