Social Media has changed tremendously over the years and it appears that it will continue to changes more rapidly in the future. With social media changing it takes a lot for people and the government to continue to adapt to the changes. Social media is now used to communicate with people from all over the world. We can share events that are happening anywhere in the world in a blink of an eye by simply posting and post of Facebook, a Blog, a tweet on Twitter, and so much more. Many people also use social media to keep up to date with the news because media outlets now have their own websites that give people greater movement, diversity, and community. Social media provides us with a lot of diversity because journalist can post what ever they want online because of the vast amount of space that the web provides unlike the newspaper which has a limited amount of space and really is not adapt to satisfy everyones different opinions and viewpoints. It also provides greater movement because, unlike a newspaper where you read a column and then move to the next or flip to the next page, online sources have different categories of news to choose from, different locations all over the world to choose from, and so much more. Last of all social media helps to keep a community going because it helps keep people informed about what is happening in their home towns by just accessing the media outlet online that is associated with their home town.
With all these different changes that social media brings we have also seen a change in how the government tends to use social media as well. In a recent article it talks about how the U.S. government is fighting ISIS with social media by putting out videos on the internet to deter people from joining ISIS, these videos are being used to counteract the videos the ISIS has been using in order to recruit people to their cause. The government has also taken action by finding the site that followers of ISIS use and shutting them down. The article calls is "a game of whack a mole."
Social media sites around the world have been trying to crack down on postings from radical jihadists. At one point, ISIS followers fled to a Russian Facebook competitor, VK.com.
But, this week, that site also started blocking ISIS activity, so instead of displaying an official ISIS page, followers now get an error message.
It's a game of digital whack-a-mole. As soon as one is shut down, another pops up under a new account or on a different site.
It is interesting to see how social media can be used for recruitment by anyone now and how it can also be used as a tool for war. My question to you then class, is how do you feel about the changes of Social Media turning in these's directions? It is harmful or good for society? Do you think that social media will hang even more in the near future?
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