Sample from Syria
"Social Media is a holy gift,'' Syrian activist chanted,
''where it can express our views freely away from the monopoly of Regime's
media,'' the engineer, 23-year-old, added.
Everyone, whether they are amateurs or
journalists with experience in writing reports and news articles, these
contributions have had a significant impact in bringing about a revolution
against traditional journalism. Digital-media experts said.
Social media now is a credible source
for so many people, the bloggers too, they contribute to raise the ceiling of
freedoms, despite the governments' domination to impose arbitrary practices
against social media journalists and activists what makes keep blogging and
using social media is a big challenge.
''Social media has been brought the Arab
Spring''. Analysts said. Social media has given real meaning to the words
‘brand ambassador’ and ‘audience interaction’.
800 million person already have accounts
with popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter or its Arabic sister
website Artwitter, and YouTube. These sites started as tools for friends and
family to stay in interested in the same issues. But they're obviously of value
to journalists as well.
In
the Iranian elections, June 2009, many journalists had depended on social
networks, especially Twitter, in their coverage of the Iranian elections and the subsequent demonstrations. When the
Iranian government imposed a media blackout, Twitter messages and YouTube
videos still got through, so journalists who monitored them were able to pick
up information they could not get otherwise.
Social networks already have made a
difference in the coverage of many major news stories, and we expect them to
play an even bigger role as more journalists and news organizations recognize
how valuable social networks are and learn how best to use them.
Another incident that showed the
importance of social networking, according to bloggers, was the emergency
landing of a US Airways plane in the
Hudson River in New York in January 2009. The first pictures of the plane
appeared on Twitter.
The
act of Social Media in a changing world is briefly to get a world without rules
and controls, without borders or boundaries; a world where anything is
possible, Experts concluded.
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