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Art, Fashion, and Propaganda
After visiting the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with Professor Turner and the others at AYA, seeing all the fashion and art made me think of how important those things are in our society. The mere fact that there is a museum dedicated to these things demonstrates that we have placed a high value on …
Hip-Hop and Civic Engagement
In the reading, “All I Need is One Mic”, it discusses how hip-hop as not only a genre but as a culture have given young people a way to engage with their communities and combat inequalities. The title of this article comes from the chorus of a song called “One Mic” by a rapper named …
Civic Engagement in the Digital Age
The reading “Civic Media” by Eric Gordon and Paul Mihailidis asks us the question: What does civic engagement look like in the digital age? This question can be answered by looking to social media, more specifically looking at today’s youth. Companies like Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and Facebook have all played their part in civic engagement …
Communicating Change 