Social Media and Social Activism

There has been a lot of social media based activism, such as Kony 2012. What is a better way in today's day and age to promote a social change than using social media. I personally have never participated in activism on my social media accounts, but I have witnessed other people doing so.

I have seen anything from "Save the Whales" to "Support Gay/Straight Alliance" on social media. The best way to get these trending is to retweet, share, like and post about the change you are trying to make. It is very effective to use networks like Twitter and Facebook because there is no faster way to get the word out to millions of people.

I think social media is helping to "politicize" and "mobilize" this generation of college students in that they can fight for what they want and influence people right from their phones. People have power right at their fingertips. This generation is technologically advanced and we have been given so many opportunities to benefit from this. If we have something to say, we open up Twitter and make a post. If I wanted to get people to vote for someone for instance, I would post on Facebook and have people share it.

Social media is the new way of communicating a message and putting up a fight for what we believe in. If there's something you feel strongly about changing, get online and spread the word!