Journal Week 4

I found that Hill’s overall perspective tells us a lot about how Twitter can be used to spread ideas that may have been known in certain communities. For example, it was known that policemen were unfairly attacking black men. But with the advent of Twitter and Black Twitter, suddenly there are videos which can be used as evidence that people who were uneducated on the issue can no longer ignore. The lack of justice when there are videos showing the wrongdoing makes the issues inescapable unless you are willing to put aside your own morals and ideals. Furthermore, before the invention of Twitter and social media in general, the only way for people to get news of what was happening around the country was through the news. And as Hill remarks, with the advent of smartphones, suddenly people weren’t only hearing the cops side of the story. Overall, I really enjoyed the points Hill made!