Introduction
Social media are currently playing a significant role in linking people who are distantly apart. Most individuals do not meet face to face, but with the social media in place, people are communicating despite the distance that separates them. People from different locations of the world have the privilege to get in touch with their loved ones from any geographical location. They are creating a strong bond among communities and individuals in matters that need corporation. Other influences social media presents are actions that engage a whole community, and reinforcing community co-operation (Joyce, 155).
The Role of Social Media’s Influence in Activism and revolution on the World Stage
Developing of the internet that led to designing of social networks is playing a foremost role in propagate information around the world. They have taken the first position in distribution of information in that now most political and economic issues presentation to the public is via social media. “The value of digital activism is not always clear, even when an evaluation is based on the objective effects of digital practices.”(Joyce, 10). With this advantage of transmitting mass of information to the public, the social media uses have positive and negative effects. The significant part of social media is it gives everyone a chance to speak whatever is in their mind, and it does not matter if people want to get the message one is putting across or not.
These social networks can aid in revolution purposes since those leaders tyrannizing citizens fear them since people get the privilege to condemn their nefarious jobs to the society. These social networks are in use by also militant groups to miscellaneous groups of the public (Monika). The social media websites are always free, and charges come from service providers. This encourages more people in being part of them since they enable them to get in touch with their loved ones from all over the world (Seo & Chalee, 133). Therefore, social media profoundly influences revolution of most developing countries plus the developed ones. They limit the level hypocrisy from leaders and ignorance of their citizens. Social media give room to citizens for criticizing there leaders the absolute disgrace they bring to their communities.
The social media can have other uses to people with adverse intension by providing them variable information on their targets at any given time. Leaders can use them to gather information on the requirements by citizens and apply them as a source to mislead people by giving false promises. “Social media creates and solves the problem of long voting lines” (Qualman, 85). Despite the positive effect to activism, the social media posse’s serious threats to individuals by exposing personal information to the public. The power of these social media societies is in use as a way to coordinate activities that cause commotion to the society such as rioting. This affects the economy in that the riots cause looting of business premises, which affect the success and goals set by the owners (Singh & Stephanie, 11).
Conclusion
Governments should take the initiative of monitoring these social media websites by putting their intelligence firms to task by having follow ups. Social media are now an aid in planning cyber terrorist yet if stopped it will affect other inhabitant’s communal liberty. People have to be extremely sensitive with whatever they post to the internet to avoid exposing their personal details to the wrong people. Social media comes with formidable privileges despite the insecurity it is causing to residents (Qualman, 85). Social media influences the revolution of a country by restricting leaders from antagonize their citizens.
Work Citations
Qualman, Erik. Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. Print.
Singh, Shiv, and Stephanie Diamond. Social Media Marketing for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2012. Print.
Seo, Kay K.-J, Debra A. Pellegrino, and Chalee Engelhard. Designing Problem-Driven Instruction with Online Social Media. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Pub, 2011. Print.
Joyce, Mary. Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change. New York: International Debate Education Association, 2010. Print.
Monika Hathaway. The Role of Social Media in Activism. Link: http://www.sterlingpr.com/the-role-of-social-media-in-activism
