My husband was on Facebook and found that there was a group of people forming on Facebook starting a group and sharing the link to this news article with the Facebook community:
http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/6001/mormons_prepare_for_wa_marriage_equality_fight/?comments=view&cID=28028&pID=28016#c28028
In response to his bringing to light this issue, I shared with him one of my favorite articles published about marital relations:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1756-2589.2010.00064.x/full
I love this form of media because of the power we have to share our perspectives about things that we feel strongly about or for particular causes.
It is always interesting to see people posting those causes for which they believe in, and I am grateful that it is possible for everyone to have a way for their voices to be heard, I think this is a particularly special form of media where power is given to people (so long as media does not take advantage of this with unethical statistics- which does in many cases happen)... that is why I normally stick to C-SPAN if I am going to be watching the news on television, because they just show recordings of legislative process, rather than portraying any type of bias.
I love that people advocate for causes for causes on Facebook, but I also think that it's a rather lazy form of activism and I don't know if people always realize that posting things on Facebook isn't enough to be really effective.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a great way to use media for good. A way that people can share positive messages. However, I do agree with the comment above in that not everyone has Facebook so it might not be as effective as people think. But, I do think that it is a good start and a positive thing :)
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