As more and more people get onto social media to use it for public discourse, there is more of a divide between people in their beliefs. Advocacy communications are pointed towards specific groups of people, so the increased use of social media for public discourse means that social media platforms, like Instagram, are flooded with news articles of things that are happening around the world.

My current Personal Learning Network is full of people from all over the world in addition to several news outlets and advocacy groups. This is in order to get the most exposure to what is happening around the world. The more personal stories you can hear and the more reading up on what is happening in areas that you are not familiar with, the more you are able to understand another person’s point of view.

Social media is able to amplify voices of people through the use of sharing by sending it to other people in their PLN and displaying it onto their platforms so others could see it. The more active you are in diversifying the voices you hear on your social media feed, the more you are able to understand why their reactions are the way that they are.