1st Edition

Teaching and Learning about Difference through Social Media Reflection, Engagement, and Self-assessment

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Teaching and Learning about Difference through Social Media considers the role social media has played in prompting public conversations about difference and diversity, including issues relating to ethnicity, race, religion, political affiliation, gender, and sexual orientation. These issues are addressed in the context of the present political climate. They are also examined with respect to... Read more

Preface

1. The advent of social media and the people who use it: Introduction

2. Social media as the new "news" source and the distancing of dialogue and treatment of difference

3. The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Contextualizing the dialogue on difference on social media

4. Racial Intolerance & Social Media

5. Religious views and the treatment of others on social media

6. Women and girls and social media

7. Hate, Violence, Terrorism & Social Media

8. LBGTQ community and Social Media

Biography

Lillian Vega-Castaneda is Professor of Multicultural/Multilingual Education at California State University Channel Islands, USA.

Mario Castaneda is Associate Professor of Education and an Associate for the Latin American Studies Program at California State University Los Angeles, USA.