What do the recent examples of social media trolling/cyberbullying tell us about the power of social media? What should be done by digital institutions to protect people from this level of abuse?
Coleen Nolan discusses her TWITTER experience with The Daily Mirror: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/coleen-nolan-twitter-rape-threat-2203788
Blue are not happy: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/blue-stars-duncan-james-antony-2181377
Blue appear on Newsnight: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23790410
BBC Newsnight Twitter Trolling Debate:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23519337
Caroline Criado-Perez discusses her experience with the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23498146
MP Stella Creasey discusses Twitter with the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23498128
The media issues and debates that link to Facebook/Twitter could be an area that students would like to explore when producing coursework. There is so much material that can be used to confront the topic of social media and trolling, cyberbullying, personal privacy etc.
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