an effective medium of mass communication, these powerful characteristics of blogs have attracted almost everyone. The media, corporations, companies, socialists, activists, and all have blogs that get updated regularly. Nowadays social media is used daily and blogs have begun to disappear since Facebook and Twitter are easier to use for mass communication. Twitter's increased interactivity and connectivity allow users to share content at a rate never before conceived, changing how we communicate online. Facebook encourages long-distance relationships and helps maintain friendships with those who have moved away. Family members can get closer to older relatives who adopt it and could be a way to reduce loneliness in the elderly. Both Twitter and Facebook have helped communication because more accessible all over the world through tags and sharing posts with friends and family. This medium of blogs, Facebook, and Facebook provides freedom of speech. As a result, anyone can write on any topic. Blogs, Twitter, and Facebook can also surpass the reach of television, radio, newspapers, and magazines, as they all cater only to local audiences. As the chart shows that most Americans are getting their news from social media than traditional TV.
Blogs and social media challenge the hegemony of mainstream media because it is a free-speech platform. Mainstream media is influenced by powerful Corporations that push agenda-setting to the public. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter do not have agenda-setting. Blogs and social media is a tool for empowerment enabling the powerless to voice widely shared. For example, during Covid- 19, most of the Black Lives Matter movement was communication was done through social media. One of the main problems with free speech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter is the first amendment. They need to strike a balance between free speech and hate speech. Facebook and Twitter have regulations for hate speech but since 2019/2020, the platforms have stepped up their regulation for hate speech and misinformation. I have good and bad feelings about Facebook and Twitter regulation, on one side there needs to be a stop to misinformation and hate speech, but the larger problem is how the regulations are being implemented. Users are either deleted or blocked for posting false information, but sometimes the platforms get it wrong. At the beginning of Covid 19 Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all had warnings on each post about Covid. The user would be blocked if there was a mention of bats and Covid 19 in the same post. When Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram block users, it gets rid of free speech, and the whole point of these platforms is to guarantee free speech. As more research about Covid 19 emerges, there is a good chance the disease originates from bats in China, and for months, these platforms prohibited users from talking about it.
If Martin Muther King had a blog or social media he would have a larger impact in the world than he did in the 1960s. I believe Martin Muther King could be one of the most popular people on social media. He could easily set up mass events and marches throughout the united states and even throughout the world. Instead of hundreds of people showing up to the Civil Rights Movement, it would be millions of people at the movement and the movement would be global. I believe Martin Muther King would be one of the most-followed people on platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
I like keeping up with my blogs. From my first blog to my last, my quality has improved greatly. I became a better writer by writing multiple blogs every week. The one piece of advice I can give future students is to keep up with the blogs and put effort into each one.
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