Hello my Friends!
Ahhhh
Spring Break 2012 is upon us. Some of us are going to nice tropical climates
where the weather is nice and warm, while others of us are just staying at home
and relaxing during our time off. Well, as we have seen in Kony 2012, there are
some children of Africa being enslaved to fight in an army. Now you might be
asking, how does this relate to social media? I would ask that question as
well, and he is the answer. Social media (the only thing I have seen on
Facebook in the last month) has been spreading this message around like
wildfire. We see it in our newsfeeds or on our Twitter pages, the information
about this “Kony” character is everywhere. The article talks about how we
(people aged 18-29) are more likely to have found out about the Kony 2012
project than any other age group out there. The article also mentions how we
have not gotten word of this through traditional causes, oh no. We have gotten
all of our information about this movement from social media. To me, this is an
extremely important trend. If we can now start spreading vital information
around on various social media web sites then we can most likely get more
information faster. This is sort of similar to the entire situation with the
tornados in the mid-west recently. A lot of the information about the disasters
were spread via social media and more people found out faster. So really, even
though the older generations complain, social media can actually be a good
thing!
Enjoy your Breaks!
PJ 
The Kony Hurricane has definately slowed down considerably after the intial 48 hours. We are in a world of the 48 hour news cycle and it was proved again. Using Twitter I learn of breaking news much more quickly by seeing whats trending.
ReplyDeleteI like this article and blog post a lot. I think that there are numerous pros and cons to social media but social media can do some good when it is used the right way. I agree that all I have seen for the past few weeks has been Kony information, kind of annoying, but it has gotten the message across and spread the news like wildfire. Without this sudden surge of information all at once this crucial information would not have been passed nearly as fast. This also just goes to show how us (18-29year olds) can start a movement and finally get a message across no matter how small or large the issue may be. Enjoy break. Great post.
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