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How do you support active audience engagement when working for social change via social media?  Identify some suggestions and examples. When working for social change via social media platforms its important to keep the audience that follows you engaged in your page. On social media platforms such as Facebook there are multiple mechanics that promote community engagement; page admins could post polls in order to understand how various individuals feel about certain topics, members with high engagement levels on a certain page can receive top fan and supporter badges that showcase their dedication to a certain group, and certain admins go as far as having personalized conversations with their followers through comment sections and direct messages. Making people feel that their voice matters and that their dedication to your group is important part of any movement especially on social media.  https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/proven-social...

With the amount of people now using social media information has become very fluid. Each individual has the ability to spread any bit of information among their own network of people. This interconnected vast network of people is what makes reach and engagement on social media so extensive and unpredictable. Various platforms already have tools to assess a page's reach an engagement, collecting metrics such as amount of followers on the page and amount of shares on any particular post. Certain group's engagement on various social media platforms can be easily highlighted through the immense number of likes and comments on the page. Certain social media platforms even allow viewing of a page's audience demographics. These tools make it easily distinguishable on whether engagement is high or low. Unfortunately due to the nature of social media hate fueled groups and other pages with mal intentions don't get filtered and are also...

What is social media hactivisim and doxing?  Provide some examples. Is this an ethical use of social media for social change? With the advancements being made in technology, there are advancements made in certain individuals' ability to hack said technology. But not all of the hackers have villainous intentions, certain groups such as Anonymous and Omega  use technology  to promote political agendas for social change. According to ITPRO,  Hacktivism is often controversial. While many decry the use of objectively illegal cyber attacks, no matter how noble the cause, many applaud vigilante hackers like Anonymous and others for taking the law into their own hands. The group's methods of researching public databases and exposing people and organizations on the stuff they are trying to hide is referred  to a doxing. The groups spread this information to the public through various social media platforms to expose to truth to the world. Although some...