Social networks, PCs, tablets, apps... Here are a few of the best-selling items in the last 15 years. The world entered the digital age and this had a tremendous impact on everybody's way of life. In this Unit, we will try and reflect on the ways social media make the world a better place to live in.
Definition (Techopedia)
Révolution digitale : s'adapter ou mourir (a very interesting article in French)
List of Social networking websites (Wikipedia)
The History of Social Networking (A video which is both funny and thorough, an Odd Tod
Cartoon, Time)
What is social networking? (A very useful website to collect whatever information you need about social
networks)
Mashable (One of the most famous websites about social networking)
4 Dangers of the Internet (webmd.com)
Internet dangers (Protectkids.com)
Cyberbullying (StopCyberbullying.com)
Internet trolls (The Guardian)
Cyberattack (Techopedia)
Filip Smartwatch (Laptop)
The Facebook whistleblower (doc1b)
Prince Ea: "Can we auto-correct Humanity?"
"Can we auto-correct Humanity?" (with French lyrics)
Prince Ea's song about Freddie Gray and Mike Brown (cf Unit2)
Prince Ea's official website (doc1a below):
(doc2a)
What is Crowdsourcing? (Business News Daily)
Top 100 Crowdfunded Companies (Entrepreneur.com)
Predicting the Growth of Crowdsourcing
The rising popularity of crowdfunding (Financial Times)
Patients Like Me (doc2b)
"Petitions are going viral, sometimes to great success", NPR (doc2c).
-WeThePeople: online petitions on the White House website
"How YouTube Changed the World" (The Telegraph) doc3a
= How YouTube changed LEARNING
(Hajar, Martha, Clémentine, Noah, Magali and Théo) / Your google.doc
"Here is why A.O.C. is a political powerhouse" (CNN)
(Alexandre, Paul, Baptiste, Malo, Ariunzaya, Emma, Leyan)) / Your google.doc
a counter-argument
(CSIS) + BBC link
(Emmanuel, Charles, Evan, Justine, Hamza, Angus) / Your google.doc
"The Political Leanings of Silicon Valley" (New York News and
Politics)
"Mark Zuckerberg in Washington to lobby for immigration
reform"(Los Angeles Times)
"The 30 Most Influential People in Tech" (Forbes)
"Palo Alto's New Tech Barons" (Departures)
From French into English:
-"Comment les marques vous espionnent sur les réseaux sociaux" (Le Nouvel Obs)
-"Crowdsourcing : le crash-test" (Girls in ze web)
-"La Silicon Valley affectée par le "shutdown" américain" (Les Echos)
From English into French:
-"Crowdsourcing rules for Super Bowl ads", USA Today
Reading comprehension:
The pros and cons of crowdsourcing
The Promises and Pitfalls of Social Media for Police(NPR)
The Change in crowdfunding regulation (Bloomberg)
Tech moguls and charity work (New York Times)
Listening comprehension:
-The rising influence of social networks in politics: link1, link2, link3.
-"Ideasphere", a Chicago event
-Facebook's tactic
to motivate its employees
-"People Power" : Wikipedia
The Social Network (2010)
Jobs (2013)
Steve Jobs (2015)