Something that social media is doing for the oppressed in the world is to bring social justice to help the situation at hand. Editors of the Social Justice Journal state: “A strength of our journal is that most issues are thematic, developed by guest editors who are intimately involved with the topic. Over the years, we have published volumes on "globalization," on threats to global security, on violence in its many forms, on gender and ethnicity, on immigration, on civil and human rights, on social welfare and educational policy, on crime, policing, and the related punishing institutions, and on harms related to the environment. http://www.socialjusticejournal.org/
Populations around the world are in constant awareness about different situations through the use of media communications and social networks. The easiest way to understand this is by comparing it with current news dissemination and constant update, which maintain people informed disregarding their geographical location in relation to the place where the events are occurring.
The same principle occurs with other media distribution and that is educational sharing with a common benefit, (Web 2.0 applications), as shown in the video about collective intelligence. In groups there is always something that each member of the group can share with others and in turn learn from everyone else something that he/she did not know. Social media includes strengthen of professional relationships among those involved in delivery of education through the use of technology, Laura Brooks in her article Social Learning by Design: The Role of Social Media states:
“Collaboration with others” for school librarians in the 21st-century involves looking beyond our traditional teacher-collaborator role. We need to start being more active in student learning through direct collaboration with them on projects. Further, collaborating more closely with the technology coordinators in our schools would result in students benefiting from social technologies as we educate our colleagues, breaking through the outmoded perceptions that Web 2.0 tools are unsafe. We need to start working with others to change or shape policies, so our students can actually take advantage of these resources.”
There are many schools that are not participating in this learning (Global) due to budget shortfall and technology needs that are required to be addressed by each school district as a necessary to learn at the same time socialize with the world and not be left behind.
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