In: Psychology
what influence do you think social media has on this question from the textbook and how is social media an agent of change in this context?
Social media has become the omnipresent and omnipotent tool in this information and digital world where almost everyone is part of one or other social networking sites. All these social networking media are used for multiple purposes such as connecting with people, chatting with friends, advertise, conduct business, share knowledge and last but not the least acting as the change agent. Everyone in this world is connected to each other by different people. I may know hundred people and those hundred people might know ten thousand people and so on and so forth. Thus a thought of change spreads faster than the wild fire thus reaching many people within short duration of time. Governments know the potential of social networking media and that’s why they go to the extent of banning them in times when people start gathering for a particular thought. Today, with a hash tag message people gather support for a particular issue. Lots of social changes have occurred in the world using social networking media.