Name of module is Social Media and Cultural Studies Under Media studies course. Use as manay sources as deem fit. This essay is to explore the difference in the ways of protesting against powers that be since the boom of social media. The essay should engage with modern examples like occupy wall street, bring back our girls in Nigeria, Egyptian revolution, spanish indignados comparing them to classic protests like the Selma Bridge, Rodney King riots in LA, IN 1992 and others. globalised participation, “bodies off the street” which represents the possibility of reduced physical confrontation at the concerned authorities amongst other arguments given by scholars, Also engage with academic theories to support points.