TOPIC TWO: TECHNOLOGY - TAKING IT TOO FAR?

Read this article about the Coleen Rooney / Rebekah Vardy Instagram scandal. This will help you understand the video that follows.

Watch this video and answer the questions below:

1.Chantelle’s relationship with Coleen could be described as:

a.Best Friends     b. strangers     c. friends

2.The presenter says Coleen has opened Pandora’s box because:

a.Coleen went public     b. Coleen made a call to Rebekah     c. Coleen did a lot of investigating

3.What was Chantelle’s reaction when a similar thing happened to her?

a.Anger at her husband     b. Doubt about her Friends and family     c. she didn’t care

4.Chantelle said she would have “called out” the person leaking her details if…

a.She had had more evidence     b. Social media had been bigger     c. she had known who it was

5.Kerry thinks Coleen should have

a.Spoken to Rebekah’s assistant     b. called Rebekah     c. hired a detective

6.Kerry says one problem with what Coleen did is that it might

a.Make her less famous     b. lose her viewers     c. attract trolls

7.The presenter asks whether social media is …

a. Risky      b. better than texting     c. selfish

NOW find your own example of ONLINE SHAMING. Find an example from an English-speaking country. Write a paragraph explaining what happened. Summarise the key information so that someone who doesn’t know the story can understand it.