2/26/2020

ENC1102
Andrea Wormus
Topic: Environmental Education through Social Media

Social Media Students Effective form Rhetoric/Writing

of teaching

Cordero (2012) Social media has Platforms such

a broad impact as youtube can
on people be a great
globally and mechanism of
different teaching and
platforms reach spreading
different knowledge to
audiences better. those willing to
listen

Higgins & Agree that social In terms of Social media

Torres (2013) media can educating does provide a
function as a students, social great amount of
platform to media platforms knowledge
deliver provide a which can be
information to mechanism of used to teach
audiences and learning which is students.
teach them about already familiar
topics as well as to students and
provide forms of allows them to
leisure. learn about a
topic in a way
that is
educationally
stimulating to
them already.

Ripberger, Social media has In this study, it

Jenkins-Smith, the added benefit was found that
Silva, Carlson, & of relaying while twitter
Henderson quick, timely was effective in
(2014) information. relaying fast
information
about current
weather
conditions, it
was up to the
 audience as
individuals
whether or not
they were
willing to pay
attention and
receive that
information.

Warner & Irving Social media Social media is

(2014) serves as a way an excellent way
to feed people for students to
news about become active in
current events their community
and can inspire and learn more
people to take about current
action and events dealing
participate. with the
environment.

Johns (1997) Discourse

communities
need
communication
through the use
of genres in
order to
grow/promote
their cause.
Discourse
communities
allow for
communication
among people
with shared
interests and
provide a
community
where
knowledge can
be passed
around.

Downs (2017) When people Sharing ideas via

communicate communication
they spread their can often spark
knowledge and new ideas and
inform others of therefore put
what they are new knowledge
thinking. into the world.
Knowledge is
only meaningful
through the use
of interaction,
there is no point
in knowledge if
there is no one to
receive it.