internet

After Sarah Worley came in to talk to us about the powers of technology it donned on me that it was a huge untapped resource for media. We are in an information age and all mediums should be used in getting nonviolent movements to be most effective. There are many advantages to using the internet and the technology available to us to work nonviolently. The internet and blogging are hugely important to use in getting others to see your view point and get on board a certain movement. Writing can appeal to a persons ethics on a certain topic which will bring them to want to help your movement. Blogging is very important because it puts information out there for anyone with an internet connection to access. This is similar to the way a newspaper article, book, or television commercial works in that information is getting moved from one person to another. The downside to using the internet to get information out is that it is much more impersonal. There is a certain significance that seeing someone face to face brings into a struggle or an argument. At the same time however, it is much harder to thoroughly cover a topic if a person is forced to think quickly without reading over what they have first written. There is also the option of creating a virtual protest. Basically clogging a network so much so that the other party cannot operate. This is also not personal, but it is effective because many more people can be involved especially from different geographical areas.