Positionality, Privilege, and Power

Teaching Social Media for Social Justice and Activism

Authors

  • Katie W Powell University of Cincinnati
  • Laura Wilson University of Cincinnati

Keywords:

social justice, activism, social media, pedagogy

Abstract

Social media curriculum is fluid and demands flexibility and adaptation on a semester-by-semester basis. This experience report examines the need for and implementation of a new social media course that focuses on social justice and activism in an undergraduate technical and professional communication major. Through the lens of students’ positionality, privilege, and power, this course asks students to highlight voices and issues that related to diversity, equity, and inclusion before creating and responding to issues they’re passionate about.  

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Author Biographies

Katie W Powell, University of Cincinnati

Katie W. Powell serves as an Assistant Professor, Educator in Professional Writing at the University of Cincinnati. She writes and teaches to understand the ways in which we perpetuate histories that a (white) community doesn’t want remembered yet cannot forget.

Laura Wilson, University of Cincinnati

Laura Wilson is a professor educator in technical and professional writing at the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses include contingent faculty, social media, and advisory boards. Her research has been published in Academic Labor: Research and Artistry.  

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Published

2024-10-26

How to Cite

Katie W Powell, & Laura Wilson. (2024). Positionality, Privilege, and Power: Teaching Social Media for Social Justice and Activism. Technical Communication and Social Justice, 2(2), 28–46. Retrieved from https://techcommsocialjustice.org/index.php/tcsj/article/view/21

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): Fall Issue

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2024 Katie W Powell, Laura Wilson

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