"Social Networking for a Social Change"

In response to my professor Joannah Portman-Daley's article, I have a few things to bring up.


1. She quotes Saskia Sassen in saying “political agency around the roles each of us plays in the cycle of global production and consumption” and stating that “[m]any political acts we perform each day, in terms of our economic citizenship, occur not in the voting booths or even the statehouse but in the stores, the workplace, and in our homes”. This quote really made me think that it's not the high-honchos in the big city offices that make the biggest difference. It's not the monetary effects that make the changes in the world, its when people come together and help as a community. People in large quantities coming together for one cause speaks volumes about the importance and necessity to bring attention to that certain cause. 


2. I definitely agree with her stance on Facebook "Causes", and how they can really create a social network within a social network. She says, "Facebook Causes aims to increase the idea of socially aware Facebook groups by adding a level of legitimacy to them. For example, when users create Causes, they have the option to link them to actual non-profits, which allows users the ability to donate money". This linkage allows people to explore an open door to a world that they wouldn't have thought existed. One cause can be customized to each and every person out there, i.e. people who have no idea what the cause is about and people who know all about the issue, and want to learn more in order to help. I like the fact she says that the new level of awareness has shifted young adults' social networking activity into a space in which their interests can be reflected by their understandings of impression management and the ways in which others see them.