How has social media networks became part of our life?

[nick murphy]

[anduru]

i think maximum of a mans life spents by sitting front of internet.......... social media mostly needed to the new generations

[Mariam]

To be honest the rise of Social Media Networks was not, in the past, a matter of interest to me personally, however, with recent, major, world events it has become more and more apparent that in fact social media is becoming an ever more powerful form of communication.

According to SimplyZesty's "20 Biggest Brands In The World On Facebook" list the top 5 are the following:

1- Coca Cola - (31,762,653 likes)
2-Disney- (26,613,752 likes)
3- Starbucks - (23,574,606 likes)
4 - Oreo - (21,864,091 likes)
5 - Red Bull - (21,220,373 likes)

Despite the fact that sites like Facebook and Twitter are run and or used by the very people causing a significant proportion of the world's problems, as the above list quite clearly indicates, they have also helped to give a huge number of, previously ignored, people to voice their opinions. In a world where technology used to be reserved for the chosen few, almost anyone can now, at the very least, use facebook in an internet cafe for a few bob and feel that they are involved and counted, instead of being a second class member of society not privy to such luxury and purely there as the underdog that some feel must always be.

The recent rioting and revolutionary stirrings worldwide have surely been massively helped along by social media and I found such evidence to be a, hugely relieving, positive sign that finally the "little man" can have his say and be listened to..

Perhaps now we can live assured that it is going to become harder and harder for those in power to act in a corrupt manner at the expense of others, who knew that the internet would be our brightest hope for world peace so far.. Not I...

Lets just hope that the ever constricting embrace given to the web by capitalism doesn't dash all high hopes.... Enter OFCOM et. al...