Media Exploration Project update

Hi Everybody. For my media exploration project I will be looking into what role social and new media plays in activism. I will focus on the recent events throughout the arab world in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. I will also look at smaller activist movements and domestic movements that have been sparked or aided by social media. I want to research this topic because I am extremely interested in the potential that social media has to aid social change. I have heard a little about how facebook and twitter were used to organize protests and meetings in Egypt. However I have not examined how big a role these social media sites were in overthrowing a government and igniting a revolution. The ability to organize and connect thousands of people via the internet, who all have the same cause they are fighting for, is extraordinary and will change the way activism is approached. I look forward to researching this topic and learning more about this fascinating topic.