I am back with my second blog on Social media being a Real change or just Slactivism.
I
believe social media is the greatest and most potent medium of media to create
social change and awareness. For instance, most of us have a Facebook account;
we use Facebook to share our precious moments which may be good or bad with our
friends and family. Many surveys prove that we get most of our news and
information from our Facebook posts and pages. At times when I browse my Facebook
posts I stumble upon a post shared by one of my friends about a social cause
about a sensitive subject of child labour. I was at first astonished that my
friend shared it, because I always had this notion that, she was self centered
and did not care about social causes. I re-shared the post and liked it; it
made me happy and assuring to know that people care about these issues. You do
not have to be a part of a procession or knocking people’s homes talking about
issues, it matters when deep down your heart you feel the need to help.
Online
networking has somewhat expanded the data that is promptly available, sadly not
everything is reliable, especially when there is so much information, and it is
easy to believe it is true. A considerable measure of social networking sites
or even destinations like Wikipedia are given data by individuals who post
about the subject and it may not be right or effectively misconstrued by us. A
considerable measure of pop ups trick us with pyramid tricks or even misrepresentation
into getting rich. The virtual worlds offer us a wonderful way to learn different
things, but at the same time it is a double edged sword, we need to know what
to believe and what to be wary of.
News
is dependably promptly open, however the media controls the stories and how
they need our minds to depict it, so it is not really right or wrong. The world
appears small when compared in terms of social media; you have tools like Google
Street, which can help you
view most places in the western world from the comfort of your home. You have websites
like change.org where you can sign petitions for the causes that you care
deeply about. Every other day we have new technology and websites that help us connect
and make the world a much smaller place. Social networking today is vast
knowledge room. Anybody with limited knowledge of computers can make a site,
post any messages or information about incidents and share it with anyone
anywhere in the world.
At
the point when the Arab Spring started in 2010, one of the first things
individuals perceived was, the obvious part online networking appeared to play.
Numerous protestors posted videos and messages on Facebook which helped the
whole world actually see what was happening, the political uprisings, the
famous "Twitter Revolutions" and an energetic civil argument broke
out about the significance of the new innovation.
Malcolm
Gladwell immediately moved to make light of the impact of online networking and
called attention to that composed activity obliged order. Twitter and Face book’s
success in playing a major role especially in the Arab spring revolution proves
that Gladwell simply did not understand the principles of self-organizing
systems.
Having
had some individual experience, I discovered convincingly that if you have a
right cause and the belief, social media is the perfect platform to engage people
from all over the world. Yet, now we can accomplish more than ever. The current
challenges in Ukraine and the amount of social causes and incidents are being
noticed because social media are from multiple points of view; a continuation
of the Orange Revolution in 2004 preceding online networking existed and offered
us one of a kind chance to see how the world has truly
changed. Yes, social networking surely includes urgent new components and I
think late occasions in Ukraine, Egypt and India ought to disperse any
questions that it should dispel doubts and prove it does make an important
difference especially in the current technology era.
Here
is a link to Gladwell’s type pad which gives more insight about Malcolm
Gladwell: http://gladwell.typepad.com/
References:
Social Media Activism in Response to the
Influence of Political Parody Videos on YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved March 16,
2015, from http://crx.sagepub.com/content/38/5/710.short
(n.d.). Retrieved March 16, 2015, from
http://www.databank.com.lb/docs/Social Media in the Arab World Leading up to
the Uprisings of 2011.pdf
