Medias influence
Media coverage allowed for the the message of the freedom fighters to reach so many more than just writing a letter it was the ability to have people hear the determination and see the effort the people were putting in to fight along with finally being able to see the damage the police brutality was doing. Thus finally the point of the protesters was to reach the people that support their cause or wanted to join like a wave of support was gathered from a broadcast.
The media we have today it is I would say more invasive but somehow at the same time impersonal never before has the world been able to access what we have and see so much into the life’s of others on a regular basis. As for how I use social media I have never really been one to use it intact. I have less than ten followers on all of my platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Tiktok. I only use social media to interact with my very small group of close friends and family. I could however be using it to network and actually talk to people, meet people and engage in platforms that would improve my social skills and experience more things doing what I like with a community of people who also enjoy what I do, I could be using it to stand up and support those who need it or finding people for them to reach out to in order to get what they need. Basically socializing or helping.
Leading into the negatives why media has lost its way of helping. One most apps have algorithms to show you what will keep on instead of what is better understanding, in order to stay in favor of the public people may be known to put on a facade but then there is the protection that people can get from the media allowing them to spread hate and not be found. The internet and social media can also be in vice versa very invasive to privacy.
I agree with the idea that media influences are especially important for organizations and movements. Media influence is an especially important part of today’s culture, and could make, or break people. Media influences help broadcast debatable topics, news, advertisements, and the progress of a movement. In today’s culture, media influence is an especially important thing for an organization. It allows individuals and groups to come together and agree mutually on a topic or disagreement all together. Allows unheard opinions to be heard, and it helps bring awareness to profoundly serious topics that are not discussed.
I agree with you when you say, “media could be used to talk to people, meet people and engage in platforms.” Media has changed to be more socially acceptable in today’s time. There are people who need their privileges of social media taken away. Social media is good in that it can bring awareness, but it can also be bad because there are situations like cyberbullying that do occur. Social media works a lot faster and has a lot more information than any other source of media. Social media is instant while it takes time for newspapers, and letter to get around.
There are lots of things that are needed to balance out to see all the positive and negatives of social media. There have been several accounts of popular media users not being themselves, using an online persona. Social media can also spread rumors just as face as information, so you must discern through the information and decide for yourself if the information is real and dependable. A lot more complications come into social media in today’s time, but The Civil Rights movement used it in a resourceful way and brought awareness to the worldwide problem that is brought upon by racism and slavery.