The
text that we looked at was from a Twitter feed. We discussed that the text
could have shown both influential power and instrumental power.
Influential power is shown as the person who’s Twitter feed it is has the power
unfollow, block or report whoever they want if they do not agree with what
someone has tweeted. The use of instrumental power is shown as Marcus
Brigstocke is a famous comedian and actor, therefore they could be following
him due to his popularity and famous status. This also means that the celebrity
has the power to only let what they want their fans/followers to see over the
social network.
We also
discussed how Twitter users can be very opinionated when expressing their
thoughts and feelings in a tweet. This can be seen as face threatening acts
which is why we also spoke about how a lot of celebrities write that it is normally
their own opinion.
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