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SOCIAL MEDIA
GENERATION Z
SOCIAL MEDIA: GEN Z'S SECRET WEAPON TO TACKLING SOCIAL ISSUES BY: NITA KULKARNI
In an age of growing social media usage and dependence on technology, Gen Z has used Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and more as tools to spread awareness about pressing issues and facilitate civic engagement. Social media has increasingly HOW DOES GEN Z UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA TO FACILITATE CHANGE?
become the medium through which individuals express their opinions about social injustice and even cultural appropriation. Social Injustices
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On May 25, 2020 George Floyd was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin. This re-lit the embers of the Black Lives Matter movement that began in 2013, which centered around bringing the police brutality towards Black individuals to light.
