In my opinion, I believe that social media has the potential to make a lot of changes in the world. From the amount of people that just sit on social networks, one piece of news spreads so fast that its unbelievable. An earthquake would happen in China and people in Canada would know about it before the news could even be broadcasted in any other place thank to Twitter or Facebook. Or a song would be out and posted on Facebook before it would be out in market and would get leaked. But before I get off topic, I think it could definitely bring a real social change.
A perfect example is what recently happened on Facebook and Twitter. Kony 2012, a dangerous criminal in Africa, was exposed thanks to the help of social networks and finally a change is being made thank one man followed by thousands of people from many different countries all because he posted his short video on Facebook and exposed it to the world and everyone ended up sharing it making Joseph Kony famous and a target for the government to catch and get rid of since he causes a lot of distress in the daily lifes of many people in Africa. This definitely brought a real social change because no one has ever experienced so many people come together and help make a difference. I still remember waking up the next day and hearing about nothing but Kony 2012. So if something like this can happen, I’m sure another change could be made easily. So in conclusion, Social networks are an awesome way to help fix the world in many ways.
Hey Waqar,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with us knowing about natural disasters before the news can broadcast it. Twitter and Facebook keep us up to date in real time which is hard to compete with. Also social media make is feel more involved I find. We are not hearing the news from just a station like CBC we hear from those living the tragedy themselves, it hits home more for me. Social media allows us to put faces and voices to those affected which I think also helps people feel the urgency to help financially when possible. Thanks for the great post!
Stephanie
Great post Waqar! I really liked how you talked about the Kony 2012 in your post because it is true if it wasn’t for this news being broadcasted through these social media sites then it would have been that much harder for the government to be able to catch this criminal that is causing harm to the people in Africa. Also, you brought up a really good point in your blog when you talked about news traveling faster through these social media sites as opposed to the news. When we had that earthquake a few years back, I originally found out through Facebook before the news had even been broadcasted.
DeleteThe Kony thing happened quick and came out of no where, its really good that people are trying to bring him to justice. I totally agree with your post. social media spreads quick and has the potential to change the biggest of things to the smallest.
ReplyDeletethat joseph kony event is great example and i should of used it in mine, but yeah they way social media was used in that case was very effective and resulted in help being senr to locate the target. its likes once you feel social media has reached its maximum potential it does another crazy thing.
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