The forum last January 12, 2012 focuses on the role of social media for to achieve Social Change.The term social change is almost prehistorical in the Philippine setting. Our forefathers have fought and sacrificed their own lives in order to achieve this social change. The advent of social Change in the scene has changed the game of the society. Formerly, only the opinions of Leader, educated people, celebrities, and the church matters but today because of Facebook, twitter, YouTube, and etc. made everybody's opinion be heard all over the world. Because of Social Media the triangle once of pointing upward became inverted. Meaning to say people trusts people and the trust for those who in authority became less.
In fact all of us are involved in this topic.This is how we could be able to achieved and protect ourselves to the bad affects that media has. The open forum focuses on how media can change the image about being biased of everything and it is already alarming for those who are working for justice like Maguindanao Massacre because popular people or high officials were behind on these situation.
Social Media for Social Change I think that It is their way on how to spread the news using technology that is heavily used and using your own gadgets you can help to spread the news or they called change.This organization give us a thought that technology is not only for negative things but it is also give a positive side which is we can make a better change for making ourselves involved in one organization and it is "Think before you Click" that in a one situation , one news, one things that happen into ourselves we can help to solve the problems in our country.
Social media, people can decide to move together and act as groups. “We’re living in these cataclysmic times where your one post can change significant events around the world,” said Ressa.With social media, anyone can be a journalist. Anyone can post a Facebook status or a Tweet that can literally change the world.Speakers all encouraged netizens to use social media for social change. “We’re the social media capital of the world. Let’s use it for nation-building. Let’s use it to make our world better,” Ressa said.
Rappler multimedia reporter Natashya Gutierrez showed participants how Rappler is trying to adapt to the challenges of social media that they are trying to show us students that being a part of revolution it takes more time to a solution but rappler expalin to us students that all we are using gadgets not only for the entertainment but It can also use by spreading some idea or information to some individual. Social media can bring about positive events like the Arab Spring, it also has the power to bring about negative events like the London riots, where social media was used to organize looting.
In the Philippines, Hofileña cited as example the cyber bullying that targeted law student Christopher Lao, who complained about not being informed about flood levels. He became an overnight Internet laughing stock after a clip of his interview went viral.Hofileña warned about the danger of carelessly posting anything online that can put one or even family members in vulnerable situations -- especially in the "age of screen grabs." Likewise, with constant updates via Twitter, for example, heavy users of social media can become desensitized to tragedy.
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