Blog Post Week 5

The articles this week really emphasized the importance of social media for marginalized groups. It was really interesting to read about how social media has become a social sphere. I remember learning about social spheres such as cafes in high school, but I never fully realized how exclusive they were. In the past, I have thought of social media as being used just for fun or to update family and friends about my life. I haven’t needed to use social media to protect my identity or life. It makes sense that marginalized groups have created a social sphere on the internet in order to discuss important topics and raise awareness for certain issues because they are excluded from the traditional social spheres. The articles really opened my eyes to how social movements in the new social sphere (social media) can really raise awareness and reach a lot of people. The articles also showed me how much good these social media campaigns have done and how important they are in fighting for marginalized groups. It’s interesting to see how the public sphere has changed over the years and I’m glad that social media has become a social sphere because it is a lot more inclusive than the traditional social spheres.