Social media development is entering a new and exciting phase for development practitioners. Every year, millions of new potential content creators get access to social media as internet connectivity and cell phone usage spreads. More social media development content for goals may and should be developed by the development targets themselves. The advantages of this shift toward local media development are obvious. Social media improves poor people's ability to express their own issues and objectives, as well as advertise their own vision and purpose. Self-advocacy is a type of empowerment that is not typically provided by standard development efforts.
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Fantastic post, thank you. I just wanted to share a brief overview of the evolution of social media and how it came into the mix. Many of the "Generation Z" and "Millennial", Generation have absolutely no clue what it was like without social media and technology. I can tell you, life goes on. In fact normally. Here is a great article on birth, intermediate, and next stages of social media. https://online.maryville.edu/blog/evolution-social-media/