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I agree to what crystal said about people are going to be afraid about those who have power because they will think that they can do anything and they would think they would not be able to do anything

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1.Power is when you have control over someone or something. it is gained by getting someone's trust.
2.If power is being abused people could gather up and come together as a community and figure out something to do about it and not just stand there
3. Constitutes abuse of power can come from bad people thinking they have control over anything or anyone
4. Yes, I believe that individuals can change society by showing actions and what they believe in
5. If the government had control over the media we would not know if they would be lying or saying the truth so that means that we would probably not be able to trust them at all

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1. Power is when you have the ability to have control over something or someone. Power can be gained in many ways maybe by oppressing others, showing leadership or even get people to believe you somehow have more power. People can use power as a benefit for themselves or as a weapon against others.
2.  Citizens can either rise up and take action on this with either more people in order to create some sort of organization to fight back against the abuse.
3. The abuse of power can always come from a bad person who wants or feels superior than others and tries to control them.
4. Individuals can change the world but they also going to need support from others in order to gain more power and make a good change for this society.

Response to Ulises Gonzalez,
1. I agree with Ulises because gaining  more respect or having a higher level can also give you a lot of power that you can use to yourself in a good or bad way.

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1.What Is power? How is it gained? How is it used? Power is when you have the ability to have control over something and change minds.Powers is gained by trust, leadership and integrity. It can be use to benefit or make worse a society.

2.What can citizens do if power is being abused? Citizen can create a group like an organisation where they can agree to fight the people that are oppressing.

3.what constitutes an abuse of power?
A constitutes abuse of power come from a ignorant person. They usually demand and wanted to control other people.

4.Can individuals change society?
I believe that everyone can influence others.They can create group where they want to expand an ideal for their country.

5. Danger of a government controlled media?
I believe that controlling media can destroy citizen live and freedom.

Response to Johnny Morales
I agree with jonny because power means having the capacity of changing others opinion.

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1) Power is when someone has control over something or someone. It's gained by gaining people's trust or by any means necessary. 2) If power is being abused, citizens can speak up and advocate or protest. 3) Power is abused when one tries to control others unethically. 4) Letting the gov't control the media and press is dangerous because it allows them to have complete control over what information is being released to the public. 5) I believe individuals can change society whether by doing something big like advocating or through little things. Response) to BMO: I agree that it an individual can't change society over one night and that it is definitely a trying and long process.

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is when someone has the ability to have control on something and change minds. Power is gained by trusting people who have control on others. It can be used in positive and negative ways.
What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If power is being abused citizens will be scared because those who don't have power have control.
What constitutes an abuse of Power?
Constituting an abuse of power can lead to control others and your powers.
Can Individuals change society?
Individuals can change society because as you can see that society can help each other.
Dangers of a government controlled media?
The dangers of government controlling the media can lead to have fake news spreading all over the internet and people seem to believe it.

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I agree with Jonnys response, because stating that id the government takes control and controls the media the act of them controlling everyone and spreading fake news can make an impact in society more than them making it there way.

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What is Power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is when you have the ability to have control over something or someone.It is gained when a trust or bond is built, and its used towards your advantage.
What can citizens do if power is being abused?
I feel like citizens will rebel, but would also fear because they have no power towards those who have control.
What constitutes an abuse of power?
What constitutes an abuse of power is the act of taking full advantage of those who no little to no power or a last in the hierarchy
Can individuals change society?
Individuals can try to change a society but the outcome will be very unsuccessful it will not work.
Dangers of a Gov controlled media?
Danger of discrediting the free press?
Once government takes control of the media, they can take in to control the citizens and make them believe what they want so another from of brainwashing the public.

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

Power is gaining more respect, or higher level than others. It’s gained from leadership, integrity, and trustworthiness. Power is used to control others. Usually it is easier to change someone's opinion when you have more power.

What can citizens do if power is being abused?

If power is abused citizens are usually striking or coming together to gain control of whomever is abusing it. They rebel against those abusing it to become stronger as a society.

What constitutes an abuse of power?

In order to abuse power I believe you have to use it in order to promote yourself. Even having a negative impact on the society can abuse power. It will always hurt someone else even if it doesn’t to you.

Can individuals change society?

Individuals can certainly change society by helping one another. As you help your community out the message of positivity or change will spread.

Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?

The dangers of the government controlling media connects with the term fake news. This is because the government can manipulate any sort of news or event that occured and make them seem more positive than they actually are.

Response to Az
I agree on Az, on in order for an individual to change society they should start a chain reaction where as one person stands out, someone else afterwords will as-well.

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I agree with your response to about government regulated press. I concur that it is important to protect the fight of free press in order to shed light on unfair or unjust acts done by our government.

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1.) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is at which a person can survive or accomplish that nobody or anything, can do. In our nation is given by help, promulgation, and votes by the general population and media. Power is utilized to reshape societal standards to best meet requirements inside a degree or reach.
2.) What constitutes an abuse of power?
The overall public and proclamation to maintain a strategic distance from various parties and people add to the advancement of power, which people give someone the inclination they are the most prevailing individual on earth they trust they can misuse their ability.
3.) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
To make a Union or gather up  to challenge and ascend against the power that mishandles them and have a voice be a group as one.
4.) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If we somehow managed to get the majority of our news from one source, and that source being from the administration we could never know whether they are letting us know everything or exactly what they need to.
5.) Can individuals change society?
Sometimes there are chances that someone individually can change society but for the most that doesnt really happen sometimes

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1.) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is at which a person can survive or accomplish that nobody or anything, can do. In our nation is given by help, promulgation, and votes by the general population and media. Power is utilized to reshape societal standards to best meet requirements inside a degree or reach.
2.) What constitutes an abuse of power?
The overall public and proclamation to maintain a strategic distance from various parties and people add to the advancement of power, which people give someone the inclination they are the most prevailing individual on earth they trust they can misuse their ability.
3.) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
To make a Union or gather up  to challenge and ascend against the power that mishandles them and have a voice be a group as one.
4.) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If we somehow managed to get the majority of our news from one source, and that source being from the administration we could never know whether they are letting us know everything or exactly what they need to.
5.) Can individuals change society?
Sometimes there are chances that someone individually can change society but for the most that doesnt really happen sometimes

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is having the ability to influence people and the ability to change others mind. Power can be used in good or bad ways. Power is gained by you're way of words.
What constitutes an abuse of power?
Abuse of power can be recognized once there are demands and trying to use your power to try to control others or change peoples view with corrupt statements.
What can citizens do if power is being abuse?

when a situation like that happens its hard to do anything period.  People in power abusing it don't see the wrong they do and so it is harder for them to change. Us as citizens can make a stand and protest. We have our rights and we should express them.

Dangers of government controlled media? Danger of discrediting the free press?

Government controlling media is a huge issue due to fake news being spread, also us losing the creative expression of the internet.

Can individuals change society?
I believe anyone can influence others. Once someone sees a flaw that can be fixed with the support of others. Anyone can change positively and show someone right from wrong.

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I agree with Israel's comment upon an individual being able to change the society because making a change is not only for the benefit of yourself but for the future generation.

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I agree that power can be gained by fear, confidence, connections. I believe in this because how Hitler arose to power his confidence helped persuade the germans to fear the jews in order to get rid of their existence.

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I agree with the second question because you talk about how power is gained by emotions of fear of another person. I like how you connected it back to Hitler and MLK and explained how they used them both for beliefs but for different perspectives.

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1) Can individuals change society?
Yes, individual can start a change in society and pass the idea down to other individuals to create a stronger outlook.
2) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If citizens feel like the power is being abused, they have the right of way to protest and aware others of what is happening.
3) What constitutes an abuse of power?
When an individual or group have power, they want more and more power as time comes to be the only (few) to have power.
4) Dangers of a Gov't controlled media?
Everyone believes everything from the media because it is all the quick evidence we have.
5) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power makes a person/ people become submissive over someone or something. It is gained by being seen as the "bigger person." It is used to have done whatever the person with power commands

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1) Power is having control over a person or a large group of individuals. It is gained by having the same mind set of other people around you for example hitler, he made the jews seem like bad people and used propaganda to persuade the rest of the germans to argue with him to get rid of all the jews. Power is used to have mind control.
2) If power is abused the citizens can come together as a group and take action for what they believe is right. The group of people can work together and use their voices.
3) A constitutes an abuse of power when a person who has power are able to use it to their own advatnge and better themselves instead of chasing the society. They have control of the minds and rules to make people believe in all the fake news.
4) Anyone can change the society if they really try and come together as a group to protest and fight for what's right and what they believe in.
5)Government is able to control anyones mind with the use of propaganda. They control the media and are able to make anything seem believable.

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1.) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is when someone or something can overcome or do something that the no one or nothing else/majority  can do. Power in our country is given by support, propaganda, and votes by the people and media. Power is used to reshape societal norms to best fit their needs within their extent or reach.
2.) What constitutes an abuse of power?
Support from the people and propaganda to shun other parties and people contribute to the build up of power, and when people give someone the belief they are the most powerful person in the world they believe they can abuse their power.
3.) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
Create a Union or party to protest and rise up against the power that abuses them and have a voice and a team as one advocating for one another.
4.) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If we were to get all of our news from one source, and that source being from the government we would never know if they are telling us everything or just what they want to.
5.) Can individuals change society?
Yes and no. Yes one person can make spark that leads to change, but not just one person can against an entire government without the support of their peers.

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"Citizens can join together and show their disapproval in groups, there is also instances where the citizens revolt against their government party." (Jonathan)

I agree with Jonathan because if citizens unite they are the most powerful force to be reckoned with. If people want change they need to speak it and vote it into existence rather than falling for propaganda.

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is have the control over someone or everyone. power can be used in a positive way and or in a negative way. It is gained by getting the trust and building up the people who follow you and proposing they will get something in return.

What can citizens do if power is being abused?
I think that once citizens recognized that power is being abused, citizens will be afraid of speaking out because all of the trust and confidence they have for who ever is abusing power.

What constitutes an abuse of power?
Something that constitutes an abuse of power is when the person with power starts to take a way the basic rights from citizens.

Can individuals change society?
No because you would need more people that believe and will support you with why it should be changed.

Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
when the government has control of the media they can control what the citizens believe in.

Response to Blue
I agree with Blue on how he states that the government can take control of the media just as well as taking control of the citizens because once citizens get that fake news they are being manipulated

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1) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If citizens feel that power is being abused then they can protest or take to their local congressperson to make some changes in the law
2) What constitutes an abuse of power?
I think that abuse of power is when someone or a group of people take advantage of their platform or social influence for personal gain although it is damaging something or someone else
3) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is the ability to act a certain way or have a certain type of influence. Power can be gained by a position you hold or by something you have. Power can be used both negatively and positively. What I mean by this is that because can use power to their advantage and only focus on themselves or you can use power to influence other on important topics and spread awareness.
4) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
The dangers of Gov controlled media is that the Gov could leave out certain events out of the news so that the public won't think of the Gov in a negative way. In other words it is a one sided story.
5) Can individuals change society?
Individuals can change society but it takes a lot of initiative and hard work that many are not willing to provide. It also takes a team so the individual must share their idea with others and work together to get other people to join the movement.

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Power is gained by the people because without that support the ability too gain power is near impossible.

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How does power in people affect the way society is run? Also how does it affect the societal construct?

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Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
I agree with the fact that the government being able to control the media is a risk. The fake news that people see which they believe and making them believe something that's not true.

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1) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Jesus 

1) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Power is a powerful ability that a person can have to control another person or a specific group. In our country, the people elect a president who will promise to make the country better. There are people who use power for good but others use it to their advantage.

2) What constitutes an abuse of power?
When a person has power, they can use it to their advantage and control a society. People obey the rules that they are given to them by the government and make them believe that they are helping the people.

3) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
The people can unite as one and protest for the actions the government in power is doing. An example would be protests against president Trump, he's abusing his power and the people go against with what he's doing. The people have a voice that they can speak their minds about the someone in power.

4) Can individuals change society?
An idea can come from one person or a group, if that idea is passed down to others then they would disagree or agree. With more people being involved around a idea that can make a change, their voices will finally be heard. It's the people's decision on what ideas can benefit the society they live in.

5) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
With the government being able to control the media. there's no doubt that they will only put out certain things on television, or the internet. The government wants to show people things that will make them believe is good. They want to keep them away from knowing the real t

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Can an individual change society?
I completely agree with what you said about the domino effect. I think that when even one single person speaks up, if it's not for their idea, people will be influenced by their strength and courage to be one person  speaking up for themselves and their beliefs.

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I agree with the first question (Can individuals change society?) stating an individual is able to impact society. The process is slow but nothing comes easy. Depending on one's passion they can influence others eventually their opinions is noticed by larger groups effecting other's perspectives.

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1) Can individuals change society?
Yes, I believe that one individual's idea can change society, even if the progress is slow, progress is still progress. Although it may not be as impactful during their first stages as a group of people, when an individual's passion and power are strong enough, not only can they change society, they can change the world.
2) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is what can influence, and to some extent, even control people. It is often gained through the emotions of fear and vulnerability because that is when it is easiest to obtain. Sometimes, like when we dissect Hitler's motives and actions, it is used to do cruel things to people or other times, like with MLK, power is used to fight for one's beliefs.
3) What constitutes an abuse of power?
An abuse of power origins from the person's ignorant and greedy intentions. Many times, if not most, the abuse of power runs on top of a corrupt government and a corrupt economic and social structure.
4) Dangers of gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
Some dangers of these two aspects that can take place in society is that the government can have the power to only put out one message, a little like propaganda. With there only being one part of society controlling media and press, certain messages can be pushed onto the public.
5) What can citizens do if being abused?
Citizens have all the right to confront the problem; if they feel their safety or rights are being violated, they deserve the freedom to take personal or even legal action.

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is having the ability to influence or compel others to agree or determine a certain event/agreement. Power can be inherited depending on a background or ethnic, but power can also be achieved. Although power is illustrated as a gift it can also be abused if given to the wring hands.
What constitutes an abuse of power?
Abuse of power can be recognized once there are demands and obligations. This is when the one with power compels their followers to take an actions with out their approval. In others perspective if one person in power uses their capability for their own personal gains and benefits.
What can citizens do if power is being abuse?
I myself have experience with this topic. I know even students have the power to speak for their opinions. For example I been part of the Sonoma County Activist Group we organized a protest for LGBTQ community to spread awareness. Although personally I don't think protest essentially solves anything. I spoken at the city council for Roseland during public hearing. This is more effective to make a change if power is abuse. The city organized public hearing to allow anyone to speak for themselves.
Dangers of government controlled media? Danger of discrediting the free press?
The dangers of the government controlled media is at high risk. There's risk of misunderstanding, silent animosity, and fake news.
Can individuals change society?
I strongly believe that anyone can influence others. If is something simple like "Pineapple belongs of pizza" or "We need to reduce the mental health negative stigma". The domino effect will take place. Once someone sees a flaw that can be fixed with the support of others there will always be people, amazing and auxiliary members of our community.

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I agree with you in the fact that people need to unite together as a whole in order to want to make a change in their society if they don't approve with rule being applied or events occurring in it.

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I agree with you response on question number 2 that people who have a lot of platform take advantage of the power that they have to make something more beneficial to themselves rather than to help others around. And I also agree with your last response that it takes a lot of commitment to make a change

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1) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
Some dangers of the government controlling the media is that they can regulate what the people are seeing. They can choose to show somethings over other things or shine light on certain issues and cover some things up. Discrediting the free press can allow the government to have more control over people's voices. A free press is very important to maintaining a government, so efforts to undermine or manipulate the press can be dangerous.
2) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If power is being abused, citizens can come together to stop the abuse and either change or overthrow the person abusing their power.
3) What constitutes an abuse of power?
An abuse of power can occur if people in power are using their power to their advantage and putting themselves above the law. They may also use their power to take advantage of another individual.
4) Can individuals change society?
An individual can change a society if they use their voice in a right manner and influence others to spread their voice. By spreading their voice they can create power in numbers which can lead to change.
5) What is power? How is it gained?
How is it used?
Power is the ability to influence others. It is gained by either working to achieve it or being born into it, like a Monarchy. It can be used in a good or bad way depending on who is using power.

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Response to Jasmin M
I agree with how you stated that an abuse of power is "unlawful". It was simply said but gets the message across. I also agree with what you said about power and what it is. That it is a useful tool and can be used in many different ways.

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I agree with you statement on how “media has strong grasp on our society” because many of us revolve around the media and if the government were to control it then we would have limited on many things and people would be controlled on what they would see in the media and what they want them to believe in.

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Jasmin M
What constitutes an abuse of power?

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Jasmin M
What constitutes an abuse of power?

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What constitutes an abuse of power is when they act unlawful and use it to take advantage of others.

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Jasmin M
What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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Jasmin M
What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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What citizens are able to do if power is being abused is that they should spread the word and encourage others to believe what they believe. They should be able to fight for what they believe in, in order for them to stop the abuse.

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Jasmin M
Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?

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Jasmin M
Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?

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The dangers of a government controlling media is that it can relate to 1984 and they would choose what they want to show the people and controlling their believes and showing them what they want to show and eliminate what the citizens should not see. The dangers of discrediting free press is that there will be limits in what we are able to see.

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Jasmin M
What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Jasmin M
What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Power is having control over anyone and having them do/believe what they want them to do/believe. Power is gained by either being elected like for example as a president and as well as making sure that they will improve the life of others. Power can be used in different direction which is either for good or bad as in based on who they are.

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Jasmin M
Can individuals change society?

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Jasmin M
Can individuals change society?

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I believe that individuals can change society because they can then inspire others to change the opinions on how society is. People have a big impact on influencing and inspiring towards each other.

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I agree with the statement you made about citizens being manipulated by the government and limiting the things they can see because they have the power to do so. The manipulation of citizens has occured before with Hitler and the limitation of what citizens can see is currently happening in North Korea.

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Jackie Tenorio
What constitutes the abuse of power?

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Jackie Tenorio
What constitutes the abuse of power?

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Power is abused when the purpose and mindset of the person is to solely target a certain group of people.

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Jackie Tenorio
Dangers of gov't controlled media? Dangers of discrediting free press?

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Jackie Tenorio
Dangers of gov't controlled media? Dangers of discrediting free press?

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The dangers of gov't controlling the media and discrediting the free press is that they can filter what citizens can see and believe which can put us in a society like the one in 1984 where they would want us to only believe in them and nothing else.

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Jackie Tenorio
Can individuals change society?

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Jackie Tenorio
Can individuals change society?

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Yes I believe that individuals can change society because one person can influence another which will then cause a domino effect where more and more people are inspired to change how society is.

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Israel
1) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If power is being abused, citizens can try to fight against what they are against to restore tranquility and equality for their society.  
2) What constitutes an abuse of power?
When power is being abused, the individual or group uses ways to acquire what they think is best for them and not necessarily for everyone as  a whole.
3)What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is being able to have control over an individual or a group of people. Power is used to take control and to be looked up upon. Power is gained through oppression. If people fear their govt. they will listen and agree with what they say.
Power can also be gained through respect and honesty in some cases. 
4)Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press? the govt. controlling media would tie back to the totalitarian govt. presented in 1984 in which the govt. only shows what they want people to think and believe about their society through propaganda.
Having the freedom to share out news or anything else wouldn't even be allowed.
5) Can individuals change society?
I believe individuals can make   a change in society if they all come together  with the same ideas to make their society a better place for them and their kids.

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Israel
1) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If power is being abused, citizens can try to fight against what they are against to restore tranquility and equality for their society.  
2) What constitutes an abuse of power?
When power is being abused, the individual or group uses ways to acquire what they think is best for them and not necessarily for everyone as  a whole.
3)What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is being able to have control over an individual or a group of people. Power is used to take control and to be looked up upon. Power is gained through oppression. If people fear their govt. they will listen and agree with what they say.
Power can also be gained through respect and honesty in some cases. 
4)Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press? the govt. controlling media would tie back to the totalitarian govt. presented in 1984 in which the govt. only shows what they want people to think and believe about their society through propaganda.
Having the freedom to share out news or anything else wouldn't even be allowed.
5) Can individuals change society?
I believe individuals can make   a change in society if they all come together  with the same ideas to make their society a better place for them and their kids.

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Jackie Tenorio
What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Jackie Tenorio
What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Power is the ability to have control and influences on a person or group of people. One way people get power is by talking about ending/doing a certain thing people are against/for. For example, Trump was elected for president because he promised his voters that he'd build a wall to stop immigrants from coming to the United States and ban muslims.

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Jackie Tenorio
What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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Jackie Tenorio
What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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When power is being abused citizens can decide to "rebel" against whoever is abusing the power. For example it has happened when people do protest or riots.

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What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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1) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
If power is being abused, citizen often get angry and decide to fight back and are able to achieve their goal.
2) What constitutes an abuse of power?
When power is being abused, the individual or group uses ways to acquire what it is they desire .
3)What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is being able to have control over an individual or a group of people. Power is used make someone to do something for you. Power is gained through fear. If people fear an individual they will listen and agree with what they say.
Power can also be gained through respect and honesty.
4)Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If the government is controlled the media then the things we see will be limited. The government will be able to decide what to show to the people what needs to be hidden for the public to not see. Having the freedom to share out news or anything else wouldn't even be allowed.
5) Can individuals change society?
Individuals can make a change in society. All they have to do is cooperate with one and another if they really want to make the world a better place.
Gustavo's response to Israel
I agree with Israel because they could come together for peace and equality for the present and the future.

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I agree with your ideas of power and how one is able to gain them for either good or evil. I also agree with the specific ways it can be gained (fear, confidence, connection) and used.

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Power is abused when its used to advantage to get what you want.

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The media already has a strong grasp on our society and if it was controlled by our government many citizens would be manipulated, similar to 1984. Without free press we are limited to so much that is displayed in the new.

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Yes individuals can change society because people have huge influences on one another which helps shape our society.

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When power is being abused, citizens are able to find loop holes to fight back and get what they want.

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1. What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

Power is something that someone has over an individual or a group, and can be used in both positive and negative ways. Power is gained by majority of votes, but can be gained in many other ways as well. Power has the ability to be used as good but many will use it as advantage to themselves.
2. What can citizens do if power is being abused ?

If power is being abused citizens can protest about the issue and make their voices heard. Citizens can work together to make the abuse stop and create a strong voice.

3. Can individuals change society?

Yes, individuals can come together and make a change in society. If one individual speaks up, then others will join and support each other, and a change can be made.
4. Dangers of a Gov. controlled media? Dangers of discreading the free press?

If we have a media controlled by the government, then we would only be informed of what the gov. chooses to share with us. This can cause ignorance and could create a dystopian society instead of a utopia similar to 1984. If the gov. Discreds the free press then news reporters and people wouldn't be able to share important information, and we would have filtered news, only what the gov. wants us to see. Having a free press is very important because it keeps the first amendment valuable, and keeps us informed with truthful news.

5. What constitutes an abuse of power?

An abuse of power is when someone uses their power in a negative way, and takes advantage of their powerful position. This usually occurs when the person in power, has bad intentions, and is being selfish using the power to their advantage.

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1.When having power. You have the ability to make a change and people are actually listening. Getting that power is getting people to hear what they want to get there power.Sometimes it could be used very well , but most of the time its something people take advantage of.
2.AN abuse of power is controlling people for the wrong reasons and the person with the power having no remorse over others pain.
3. Citizens could speak up now and say it how it is when they see something horrible is happening to others. Just having each others back at all time and not letting the most powerful person get into our head.
4. Having that control over the media could be having people more closed minded then opened minded. We need to be more careful in believing everything we see on the internet. We need to have less prognanda now knowing what really be happening to our world.
5. I believe now more than ever we really really cant only for the reason the people have to many secrets we really don't know much and we don't pay much attention. In reality we don't care.

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1.) What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is the ability to do things that others can't because people will stop them. Power is given to people or sometimes power is taken because of entitlement.
2.) What constitutes an abuse of power?
Abuse of power occurs when the one with power does things that only they want. They have no empathy or intention to better the lives of people in their society. Their decisions may also be based off of certain prejudices.
3.) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
People can join together and create a more powerful force against the abusive power. We all have a voice and the more people there are the louder the voice will get.
4.) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If there is only one source that we derive our information from then that is considered propaganda. There will  be a distinct bias in the showing divide. Our decisions will be tilted and turn us into mindless followers.
5.) Can individuals change society?
One individual can create a chain reaction which will ultimately cause change for the greater good. At the base of it there was one individual but it has to start with one. The influence only grows. It'll take time and we must not get discouraged. Slowly but surely.

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1. What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?
Power is the ability to have control over anything, this could be people, animals, etc. Power is gained by either thinking a certain way to the point to where you feel superior. Having others that don't feel as powerful contributes to them because they will eventually be controlled by the person in power.
2. What constitutes an abuse of power?
An abuse of power is when somebody is using their power for their own benefits. Meaning that they  are only using the power they have to get money for themselves and not others.
3. What can citizens do if being abused?
Since someone cannot take on someone with more power than them by themselves they are going to have to  unite with other people in order to be more powerful.
4. Dangers of Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If the government controlled the media then they can do whatever they want without getting hate. Since they are able to control what goes out to the public they will be able to hide any negative things that happen.
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Power is the control an individual or  group has over another individual or group. Power is gained in many ways usually electing a specific person or group. Power can be used for good or bad depending on the person and how they use their power.

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Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?

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Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?

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What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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What can citizens do if power is being abused?

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Jonathan Herrera
1)What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Jonathan Herrera
1)What is power? How is it gained? How is it used?

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Power is the ability to influence others and control groups and individuals. Power can be gained by fear, confidence, connections. It can be used in evil and good depending on the intentions of the person in charge. May times power is gained incorrectly as well as constitutional but are slowly turned into dictatorships
2) What can citizens do if power is being abused?
Citizens can join together and show their disapproval in groups, there is also instances where the citizens revolt against their government party.
3)What constitutes an abuse of power?
Abuse is when power is taken to an extreme, it can be seen when the person in power uses it to cause harm/ malicious intent. Abuse can also been seen when the person in power takes a selfish approach
4.) Dangers of a Gov controlled media? Dangers of discrediting the free press?
If a government is only controlled by one source of media then it can cause a one sided view which can become biased. With many sources we are allowed to pick what media is credible to us.
5) Can individuals change society?
Individuals can create change as if we speak our ideas others who agree will support. This influences other to speak up and create a change, individuals can try to involve themselves in democracy.
6) Response to Jackie Tenorio
Power can not only be used to target a certain group but can be used to cause damage to anything the person in power wants.