social media


Social media justice

Twitter and YouTube users’ disgust has drawn swift attention to the appalling racist behaviour of a woman on a Croydon tram today. In a video called My Tram Experience a woman with her son on her lap is shown swearing and insulting fellow passengers. She shouts at them: ‘My Britain is f--- all now,’ and ‘Go back to Nicaragua, or wherever you come from.’

Social media helped the matter to come to the attention of police who arrested the woman today.

Why 2010 is the Year of the TV Election Broadcast. General Election and Digital Media? Not Today Thank You

So what role did social networking sites and online media play in influencing your election vote? Probably none at all.

2010 turned out to be the “TV election”, not the “internet election”. The big noise was all about how the party leaders performed in the UK’s first ever TV election debates.

I was left wondering why the internet hadn’t played a more decisive role; especially after Barack Obama’s stunning use of social media in his 2008 election victory.

How social media saved my life...

Okay, slight exaggeration – but it did help with my assessment this week and I figured first years haven’t yet had to put up with my Twitter ramblings. 
Not that I was at all guilty of leaving my video project to the last minute, but I was, on Wednesday night, madly searching for some more information on my chosen story.