Activism in the Social Media Age
Social media has affected my perceptions of activism by a very, very large amount.
Social media can spread activism far and wide with a ferocious force for the cause. The year
2020 has by and large by itself shown me that social media is a galactic sized tool in uniting the
human population of the entire planet of Earth for one cause. These causes can be for the good
for the bad and even for the spread of fake news and misinformation. Social media has shown me
that activism is bred and born on social media. Social media is an activist’s bread and butter.
Bread and butter meaning the most important part of having activism happen. Social media has
affected my perceptions of activism by a very, very large amount given all that has happened in
this calamitous year of 2020.
The first time I can think of that showed me how social media is a huge, huge factor in
