In this article the author Clay Shirky talks about how social media helped the people of the Philippines gather together to protest the impeachment trial, to make sure their corrupt president would be prosecuted to the full extent. He explains how the people used text messaging to converge on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, a major crossroads in Manila, which shut down traffic. In doing this the people got the prosecutors to show the crucial evidence, and got the president impeached.
He goes on to talk about how this shows what social media is doing for society, it is empowering it, which gives the people a voice again, it gives them the tools to converge, and stand together on something they feel strongly about.
I agree with the Shirky, and think that social media has definitely helped society in the long run. It may take up many peoples days, while they mindlessly search through their friends posts, but when the situation hits the fan, and the people need an effective way of communicating with large numbers of their friends, or citizens, social media is their biggest weapon.
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