Jenna has been telling her friends about how successful she was at losing 10 pounds by using a dietary supplement she purchased at a health food store. This is an example of .

Anecdotal evidence

Explanation:

Anecdotal evidence involves gathering of information or evidences in an information. It relies on what people say without doing due intelligence to test the authenticity of the claim.

Jenna telling her friends about how successful she was at losing 10 pounds by using a dietary supplement she purchased at a health food store is an example and there are no evidences to support this.

new communications technology has affected the way social movements are organized because nowadays, social movements rely on social networks and the media to get different people with a similar way of thinking in contact, and thus, get them to mobilize for a greater cause.

individuals only participate in collective action when they feel identified with it. is in this aspect that social media becomes relevant, because it guarantees communication among all individuals and organizes the social actions that are going to be carried out, i.e., the social movements.

in addition, being covered by the media is important to validate the message and make it relevant in the social agenda, as well as to reach more people who can share interests, appealing to public sympathy for their cause.

in conclusion, it is by social networks and social media that social movement is given birth; by connecting different individuals with similar ideas and organizing them to mobilize for a greater cause.