The Role of Social Media in Changing Societies
In the past decade or so, social media has changed how people share ideas and information. Even the use of e-mail has had a dynamic effect on how we communicate. Now we can use these applications to keep family members and friends up to date on what we are up to, where we go, and yes even what we eat.
With sites available like Facebook and MySpace, profiles become their own form of social expression. From posing music to your profile picture, it is all a way to show who you are. They even give you a way to coordinate events among your friends on the site so you can meet in real life or announce events that you want to share. Sites like twitter also give you the ability to “tweet” (similar to a small text message) about what you are up to and where you are.
When you are looking for a group of people based on a common interest, Meetup.com is a great tool. People sign up for “meet ups” and the organizers can message the entire group and manage the details from a single page. So managing anything from a monthly dinner group to larger events becomes a lot simpler.