After my previous post about ‘MySpace ruining my life’, (and of course, the name of this blog), I thought I would start to look at the positives of this social media space. Considering I spend my life using this web site, I decided to look at the good such a new social media can do.
I came across a web site http://www.techsoup.org/, a technology site for non profit organisations, which discusses the use of MySpace to raise awareness for such non profit organisations as ‘Defenders of Wildlife’ and ‘Oxfam America’. This is absolutely brilliant! I love the idea that such media spaces can be used for good and raising awareness as it’s just an extra (completely free) way to reach a new audiences.
After reading though tech soup, I wanted to find more sites that were being used for good. That’s when I came across the page for Sarah Payne. This use of MySpace is the one that most fascinated me, as is used to raise awareness for Sarah’s Law. It includes information on the campaign, songs written for Sarah and hyperlinks going from the page of how to join the campaign. The page has a massive 12500 friends all of which can access bulletins and updates on the campaign.
Other pages made for raising awareness (which are included on Sarah’s page) include the N.S.P.C.C and ‘Our missing children’. This is an amazing and clever way to catch people’s attention and get them onboard of current issues.
Please click this link to view Sarah’s page: http://www.myspace.com/markscottone
I am all for this latest discovery I have made for the use of MySpace, as is has demonstrated, yet again, how powerful social media can be.
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Until my next blog….
Hannah
