Social media is playing an uprising role in issues nationwide, and even global wide.The revolution in Egypt, the riots in London, etc. The title of this video is "Social Media isn't the Problem. It's the Solution." I totally agree with that. I saw an interesting video on Youtube today saying that social media could have prevented the terrorist attack on 9.11 ten years ago if it was used as widely as it is now. I cannot comment on how things would change the history because it's the past. However, I do identify that social media is able to spread out news that could have been hidden, to affect how things are progressing and even its results.
Social media is the solution when the public need to be informed by what they have the right to know, when social bias and injustice exist, when help is needed by all the society. Social media has exposed many scandals and negative facts, harmed the interest of certain people or group. However, it is on the way to reach the social fairness. Different from traditional media outlets, social media is not centralized, controlled, it is more decentralized and democratic, delivering people's voices, symbolizing the freedom of speech. Sensitive topics or words would be censored from traditional news outlets, but they would stay in hot discussions for quite a while on social media sites.
Social media could be used by negative will, false and misleading news are all over the world, so do on social media. Public especially teenagers are easily agitated by someone who hold evil wills operating the social media. Therefore, while praising highly the social media, people need to know how to face and use social media in reason. It is not the social media who speaks for social justice and democracy, but the people who use social media that contribute to social development in this new media era.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymXpzRsunO8
I couldn't agree more. Social media isn't the problem. There was a lot of focus on the use of social media as the organizing force of behind the riots, and while it was used as an avenue for communication, that doesn't mean that social media CAUSED the riot. Also, little attention was given to the fact that social media was used as a way to communicate clean-up efforts in London as well. I think that many people and governments are looking to blame social media because they are loosing a sense of control over communication and now, anyones cause and voice can be heard.
ReplyDeleteI also couldn't agree more. Social media is changing the way we communicate and basically, function every day. It's such a wonderful thing to be able to communicate to not only your close family and friends but past acquaintances, friends of friends, strangers, etc.
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