Week 10 - 06/12/2021 - LISTENING - Social networks, data and their Influence

This lesson takes place via Zoom. The link is in the email I sent you with the information on going online. If you can, try to make sure you will be able to open files sent via Zoom chat during the lesson or open them from Moodle.

SOCIAL NETWORKS, DATA AND THEIR INFLUENCE

This week's topic focuses on social network, namely Facebook, and the data that is collected every day on the internet about all of us and as such can be misused. Before you actually get to the following tasks and the video, try to make sure you have enough time so that you can go through everything at once.

You are going to watch a video from Ted Talks again. The presenter is Carole Cadwalladr, a British journalist, and her topic:

"Facebook's role in Brexit - and the threat to democracy"

1) Before you watch the video, or even before you start with the vocabulary pre-task, do the following...

-          Imagine it is June 2016. It is one day before the referendum in the UK on whether to Leave or Remain in the EU takes place. What do you think the result of the referendum will be?

-          Imagine it is the day when the result of the referendum has just been revealed. The UK voted for Leave. What is your immediate reaction? Can you remember?

-          Imagine it is November 2016. It is one day before the election in the USA. Donald Trump vs. Hilary Clinton. Who do you think will win?

-          Imagine it is the day when finally, the results of the American election are being revealed and you have just found out that it is  Donald Trump who has just been elected the next American President. What is your immediate reaction? Can you remember?

2) Do the Exercise 1 - Facebook's role in Brexit - and the threat to democracy - vocabulary. Make sure you understand the words that appear in the exercise as some of them are quite crucial for understanding the presentation. There is a pdf version for you to work with, in case you prefer the papers.

3) Watch the video - presentation. For the first time do not try to do the gap-filling Exercise (Exercise 2). Watch and listen only. Think of your answers to the questions from the sort of intial pre-task activity relating to Brexit and Donald Trump's election.

4) Then listen to/watch again and complete the Exercise 2 - Facebook's role in Brexit and the threat to democracy - gap-filling. You can, of course, watch and listen more times. If you still cannot get the answers (after 2 attempts), there is a tapescript for you to check and/or you can turn on the subtitles (do not turn them before you try a few times without them). There is again a pdf version of the exercise 2 so that you can prepare the answers.

5) Finally, there are again some questions for you to think about before the discussion on Monday via Zoom.