For months I have been bombarded with examples of new media and activism. It hasn't hit me until recently that I should write a blog about it and its vast social power. As I am sure most know, there has been many protests within the streets of Toronto over the past couple weeks about the Tamil Tigers and the situation in Sri Lanka. I have seen many of the protests on TV and I have been very impressed at how well planned and executed these marches are compared to past protests in the city. I believe this is dew to the work of digital media and its ability to reach the masses and create change. All of these rallies have been properly planned within the realm of citizen and digital media.
There is now much more to protests then just a large group of people, there is planning and the use of digital media to bring people together makes sure they are all on the same page. With out this new use of digital media many of the protests we see would not have been so successful. This new sense of digital media allows citizens on the ground level to report what actually is going on. This allows society to hear an alternative to what is shown by the mass media. Citizen and digital media have giving power back to the people and the question now is how will we use this power?
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