Social Media For Social Change – Effective use of technology to empower changes

Today’s generation is on the web. We find that more people spend time online, than anywhere else, in a particular day. This is not just a fact anymore, it is a reality. We ourselves spend more time communicating online than doing any other thing. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and the others like it have become the base of our online activity, and social media is more powerful than ever, today.

So, can’t we use this power to aid social changes, which will merit the poor and downtrodden? Is it not, what power and strength should actually be used for?

The true use of Power (or strength), lies in the protection of the weak.

That is exactly the correct idea. If we can use, the new found power of social media to empower and protect the weak and downtrodden, then there in lies, the true use of the power.

There are many examples of how social media can achieve all these aims. Social media can be used to

• Bring forth and spread the news of some injustice being bestowed upon by the community or particular individuals by unscrupulous politicians and/or bureaucrats.
• Harass and intimidate individuals, who follow the same in their lifestyle. By this, i mean terrorists, anti-social elements and criminals.

Yes, i consider terrorists as intimidators and nothing more. Cowards only use such a facade; people with truth on their sides do not wage a war like this.

• Empower and support individuals whom the community has otherwise decided to leave behind and forget because of customary traditions and unsolicited practices.

In addition to these, there are many other ways in which social media can effect and bring about social changes. Think about, what we can do to use the power and achieve this goal. Please do feel free to comment your views and suggestions below.

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