“Brilliant,” David Cameron the prime minister of Britain said about Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook’s idea. Mark Zuckerberg believes that Facebook can start to help out governments in communicating to the people in a cheaper more direct way. This also lets the people have a say. They can contribute right from the comfort of their home, and they don’t have to be scared to speak up at a public forum, or something of that nature. The people will be more honest in their responses instead of sugar coating them, because they feel safe behind there computers. David Cameron feels this is a great idea and knows how big of an impact it can make. Facebook has been used in movements such as the Arab spring letting people spread the word about there cause, and how other people should react to it. Facebook and other social media sites allow people to share their thoughts on current events and can create powerful movements. Social networks are new to this world and people are starting to adapt. Politicians now advertise over Facebook. Barack Obama had a big online campaign. The British are going to use Mark Zuckerbergs proposed “platform to decrease spending and increase public participation in the political process”. Facebook and social networks are changing the way people communicate, and are making new societal rules. People are way less private in todays world sharing pictures, personal information for example on a dating site, and having private conversations in public forums on the web. It will be interesting to see what more social networks will change about the world we know today.
This blog was inspired by and based off of “The Rise of Facebook Nation” written By Lori B Andrews.
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