Changing the World One Click at a Time?

When looking at the role-played by social media in contemporary social movements and activism, I feel that there are some positives as well as some negatives. Thinking about social media, the great thing is it is right there in front of your face in real time. With just the touch of two thumbs the information that you want to be seen will be seen within three seconds. While one negative of this would be that the information might not always be accurate or effective, the timing is almost instant which does being effectiveness to the role being playing in social media. Another positive of social media when it comes to contemporary social movements is the aspect of utilizing a hash tag (#hashtag). One of the greatest things about social media is seeing posts from all over the world where others are responding to something similar or in the same realm as you. This is where a hash tag comes in. When looking especially at the movements that have occurred within this past year such as the Black Lives Matter movement or the Women’s March movement each have a hashtag. This allows people within social media to look at these hash tags and explore everything that everyone is saying. This ultimately is bring more people into the movement and is allowing them to get different perspective on the movements.