Past the political chaos of the President, Twitter has brought some good change to the voices of our future leaders.
When it comes to the #MeToo movement, it can be said that social media has had the heaviest influence on its quick circulation and rise in popularity as a type of reform.
While it could have gained some traction without social media—as it began within Hollywood after the Harvey Weinstein scandal released—it wouldn’t have had nearly as much of a global reach. The rationale behind this being that while Weinstein is a well known figure, he is not an international one.
Social media and the international impact that comes with it has helped the population’s voices to grow louder. As mentioned in chapter fourteen, “…The most important change [with media] may be that people who had no voice can speak with and move [a] global audience.”
In relation to the Me Too movement, social media allowed allies to raise their voices to make the names of the women who were affected by Weinstein known, as well as empower survivors to speak up about their sexual assault experiences.
This post was completed within the Writing for Mass Media course at University of South Florida