What are the benefits of a diverse and inclusive PLN in social media sharing that understands where you are coming from with messaging that impacts the community?
Social media is a tool and platform where users can share their views and experiences with each other. Diversity in social media comes into play when it comes to understanding and learning more about a subject you want to know. For example, you are a student of child and youth care. You’re mostly learning about children’s mental and behavioral health and such. However, you need to study the legal aspects of children in order to officially get your certificate. Since you know nothing about the law, you want to learn about it online in advance. Of course, I believe there are very many videos and articles online to teach you about the law. These videos and articles create a lot of convenience for you and reduce your nervousness about the unknown and knowledge. Of course, this is only a part of social media. We can also spontaneously ask our own questions and wait for people on social media to answer your questions. For example, we can post on Twitter with some relevant #tag and there will be helpful people to help you answer your confusion. I think the benefit of this is that it allows people from different areas of knowledge to come together and discuss more other issues together and help people in need. This not only helps you to consolidate your knowledge in this area but also helps others to answer their questions. As Markiel Simpson said in the video, everyone has their own value. I really agree with this statement. Everyone’s background experience is different. You post your opinion and attitude about something on social media, and it will be seen by all kinds of people. Maybe some of the things you experience are happening to other people. Other people may be deeply troubled by this very thing, such as being cheated out of money. Maybe that person sees your post about how you handled the situation and how you recovered the money, and that person’s mind becomes better. That means you help other people. Even if you don’t know each other, you have helped him with your own experience. Your experience is your own value, and that can’t be bought with money. So, the benefits of a diverse media are also very many.
References:
Miller. (2021, June 1). EDCI-338 MARKIEL SIMPSON. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsoDHGaXNNs
Hi Caroline.
I see from your blog that you have a very positive attitude towards diversified media platforms. Social media allows us to quickly learn new content and share our experiences and questions. The Internet brings us together, just as I can feel your positive thoughts through this blog.
Joerica 🙂