Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Social media has now become more than sites to visit to check up on yours friends and what they are doing. It has now expanded into the realm of social justice. The Facebook application Causes , created by Sean Parker part owner of Facebook, was specifically focused on social justice. Two major functions of The Causes application is it connects people who advocate for specific causes and collect donations for those causes. Now any one who feels strongly about a cause can create a Facebook page for that cause and connect with people world wide for support and facilitate fundraising. The page is not run by some major organization so the page works how ever the creator wants it to run without being told any rules or regulations to follow. The number one charity that has raised the most money is the Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta which has raised a staggering $1,173,384 through the use of the application. The application is not always about the number of digits it can obtain but some causes are more to raise awareness. If you are a person that uses self harm as a way to cope with your problems or a heavy drinker wanting to get your life back in order there is something on about every social media site to help. Many pages have been created to treat people with specific problems and to show people that they are not alone. In the real world they may live day by day desperate for help but do not know who to turn to because they are afraid or ashamed. They no longer have to live in fear because they can get support from other people that have the same problem or have over come in before on the social media sites. The suffers can now no longer be suffers and "embraced it and get a lot of echoes" (Bowean Lolly). There have been many modern acts of racism or alleged racism and social media is the place to use to show your support for fighting it and demanding equality.
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