Research Topic

My research topic is How new social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, has transformed the field of social activism. With the rise of new media/technology and web 2.0, the platform of social activism has changed radically because movements and social causes are now backed by thousands of people that are reached via the Internet. I would like to research how this came to be, how social media and technology is utilized, examples of causes born from the Internet, and where social activism is pointed to in the future with social media. Facebook and Twitter are prime examples of tools used to reach people to promote different causes.