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    Surviving Social Media: Shut Down the Haters
    Surviving Social Media: Shut Down the Haters
    Surviving Social Media: Shut Down the Haters
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    Surviving Social Media: Shut Down the Haters

    By Eric Braun

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    Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. population uses social media. For students, it is often considered a lifeline to connecting with their peers and staying relevant. But there's a dark side as well. How much social media use is healthy? What happens when trolls take over? Where do you go for help? Readers will learn to understand the pros and cons of social media and how to make smart decisions about managing their online presence.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateAug 1, 2020
    ISBN9780756567699
    Surviving Social Media: Shut Down the Haters
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    Eric Braun

    Eric Braun has written dozens of books for readers of all ages and edited hundreds more. He is a McKnight fellow and a nice fellow, and he likes to ride his bike really far and really fast. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons, some of whose antics have found their way into his books (unbeknownst to them).

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      Surviving Social Media - Eric Braun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      Chapter 1: A Connected World

      Chapter 2: History of Social Media

      Chapter 3: Making Connections

      Chapter 4: Here Come the Trolls

      Chapter 5: Social or Antisocial?

      Get Involved

      Glossary

      Additional Resources

      Source Notes

      Select Bibliography

      About the Author

      Index

      Copyright

      Back Cover

      A CONNECTED WORLD

      School shooting survivor and activist David Hogg

      On February 14, 2018, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, had their lives turned upside down. That was the day a former student took a semi-automatic rifle into the school and murdered 17 people, injuring 17 others. In the aftermath of the tragedy, a group of students who survived the shooting became powerful activists in the fight for stronger gun laws. They met with politicians and were interviewed on television. They held rallies and made speeches. But perhaps their most powerful tool was social media, where they used the hashtag #NeverAgain to spread their message. Their tweets went viral. Their Never Again Facebook page quickly gained tens of thousands of followers. During the next two years, they influenced changes to laws all over the country and inspired countless people to vote for politicians who sided with their view.

      FACT

      125 million hashtags were shared every day on Twitter in 2018. Users posted about 500 million tweets per day.

      A social media phenomenon doesn’t have to be connected to a worldwide political movement for it to be powerful and important. In May 2019, a mother was walking with her 8-year-old daughter in Fort Worth, Texas, when something terrifying happened. A car suddenly pulled up, and a man got out and grabbed the little girl. He pulled her into the car and fought off the mom as she tried to rescue her daughter. Then he sped away. In an instant, the girl was gone.

      Police launched a hunt right away. They issued an AMBER alert and canvassed the area. They also posted to social media a photo of the kidnapper and his car, taken from a Ring doorbell camera near the site. It quickly spread. Within hours, someone who had seen the photo online recognized the car at a motel in a nearby suburb. They called the police, who rescued the girl and arrested the kidnapper. The girl was soon home safe with her family.

      It was a scary story that could have had a much worse ending if not for social media. A Fort Worth police officer said afterward, We do want to thank all of our followers. We’re a good police department, we work hard, but with you on our side we’re able to be more effective.¹

      As of February 2020, nearly 1,000 children had been rescued because of AMBER Alerts.

      The Bad with the Good

      Social media has become a major part of our lives, and it goes way beyond spreading influence or capturing criminals. It’s easy to use social media

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