b. How is humour used to make a point? Is it effective? Justify your answer.
4
Discuss these brainstorming questions with your classmates: What do you know about Brexit? How might social networks have had an impact on the Brexit vote?
and prepare a definition to make your classmates guess the words you selected.
Idiom of the week!
Be on the same wavelength / page
If two people are on the same wavelength, they find it easy to understand each other and they tend to agree. In this expression, “wavelength” refers to the different frequencies used to transmit radio signals: you have to find the right one to get the message through.
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Crédits : The Minds Journal/Debra Pry/DR
Debra Pry, The Minds Journal, 2018.
Brexit and Social Media
1
free trade (exp.)
global economy (exp.)
Gross Domestic Product (exp.)
tax evasion (exp.)
capitalism (n.)
currency (≠ money) (n.)
economics (n.)
migration (n.)
2
ubiquitous (adj.)
new technologies (exp.)
universal culture (exp.)
World Wide Web (exp.)
communication (n.)
global village (n.)
Internet (n.)
media (n.)
3
alter (v.)
campaign / run for (v.)
circulate (v.)
dismiss (v.)
exit ≠ remain (v.)
influence (v.)
leave (v.)
negotiate (v.)
opt for (v.)
prorogue (v.)
share (v.)
spread (v.)
stir (v.)
support / back (v.)
4
gap between rich and poor (exp.)
monopoly power (exp.)
exploitation (n.)
inequality (n.)
pandemic (n.)
poverty (n.)
5
democracy (n.)
election (n.)
member (n.)
Parliament (n.)
politics (n.)
referendum (n.)
6
blue passport (exp.)
free circulation (exp.)
Schengen area (exp.)
soft ≠ hard Brexit (exp.)
negotiation (n.)
outsourcing (n.)
Over to you!
Step 1
Write an article about the links between social media and politics.
Step 2
Tweet your reaction to Brexit.
Step 3
Record a podcast on a TV series.
Your final project
You take part in a TV programme to debate issues raised by social media use during the Brexit saga.
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