Social Media and Global Positivity

There are many, many negative side affects to seemingly being addicted to social media, FOMO being one of them.

However, many people around the world are gathering together to help change the world through social media. For example, the Social Good Summit was held in New York City last year. “The event — sponsored by Mashable, 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation — is billed as a summit to disuss how innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges” (Social Media, 2012).

At the conference, participants learned a great deal of how social media is a true player in the global economy of social good. For example, some areas of the convention focused on how a nonprofit organization gets more traction from reaching its audience through an ad in the New York Times or through social media engagement.

Works Cited

“Social Media.” Social Impact Blog. Web. 16 May 2012. <http://impact.webershandwick.com/?q=category/tags/social-media&gt;.