It has become very obvious in the last few
years that social media has been playing a huge role in everyone’s daily lives,
anywhere from relationships, politics, activist movements, and has even become
some people's only news source. We saw what happened in Tunisia with the
Arab Spring movement, which began in December of 2010. Social media was
the reason why the events that were ongoing in Tunisia were
broadcasted across the globe. What was happening there was real
and because of the fast speed and far reach that the internet has,
Tunisian governments had no way to cease those videos and photos from going
viral.
As social media continues to play such a huge
role in so many lives, we begin to see many of the negative effects.
Tuesday January 22, 2013 it was announced that Sanaa Yemen, the head
leader of the Al Qaeda had died. How was this announced? Simply via a tweet. The word that Yemen
had died spread quickly around the Arab community, which lead to the world news
as well. However as the story spread it became clear that there was no
proof of his death and according to "Three senior Yemeni
Defense Ministry officials told CNN the country has no evidence proving his
death." (Almasmari)
Although social media has been a great source for spreading the word and
awareness, it can also be used in a negative way. Yemen could have simply
sent out that tweet in order to try and trick the Saudi government in
an effort for them to stop looking for him. Social media can be used for
both good and bad and doesn't always give you the full story.
Blog Post #1 Tia Martin
updated 7:26 AM EST, Wed January 23, 2013
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