Human rights petitions, environment polls, anti-war / pro-peace campaigns, shared quotes to inspire one another, humanitarian solidarity acts, rallies against rape and gender-based violence, anti-corruption movements...These occupy our minds and lives a great deal in recent years. The nature of civil reaction /resistence/interference has dramatically changed parallel to the technological progress.
Now, the themes circulating in global wires have a touch of goodwill, a cool rebellion, caused by the feeling of togetherness, connectedness and common destiny. Even ideological messages, which are still being exchanged extensively, are envelopped by this wave of trans-ideological, trans-religious verbal and imagery pokes that almost create the feeling of "rectifying the world". A brave, perhaps beyond its depth, rhetoric baked everyday collectively and effortlessly by millions of "users" whips the creamy world agenda.
Internet, particularly social media, is the primary tool and medium for connecting, participating and recording where people easily and rapidly react to anything that bothers them and find many who share the same sentiment or thought as theirs. Any individual can start a cause or action that snowballs and becomes one of the "public" voices. Easy access to information, ideas and thoughts makes individuals more opinionated on almost everything compared to the past. "Sharing" itself, as a contemporary urge, is oftentimes more significant than that which is shared.
Everyone grabs a virtual microphone, shares stuff, retunes the global vibe and creates a realm beyond politics. More personalization feeds the sense of collectivity, isn't it ironic! Individuals probably feel belittled before the incredible number of "users" and at the same time they constantly construct their personal identities and value systems as they share, which makes them feel big. Again: Isn't it ironic!
Well, it's all good...
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