Media 10 history

Following its appearance on SNL, the video appeared on YouTube and was viewed more than five million times until February 2006 when NBC Universal asked the site to remove it.

For example, after a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, non-profits and relief groups used social media to mobilize rescue efforts and support the community in various ways.

Beginning in September 2011 as a movement to protest income inequality and corruption became one of the largest grassroots protests in the United States.

And while no definite conclusion was made from Facebook’s study and visualization, many attribute the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge success to former Boston College baseball player, Pete Frates, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012 (helping to explain the concentration).

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey told CNBC in 2013 how that changed Twitter and the way people get news.

Since 2014, largely due to social media, the ALS Association has raised more than $115 million for research towards Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Thinking back to Paris in 2015, social media helped to give many people a feeling of comfort, of solidarity, and of solace knowing that they would not have to face this alone.

The 2016 United States presidential election was marked by the growing number of fake news stories that circulated on social media platforms.

How has social media positively impacted you? On June 30th (#SMDay) and throughout the rest of 2017, share your social media story with us using the hashtag #impactofsocial! We’ll be retweeting some of our favorites and picking a few winners to receive some special Buffer swag.

In a 2020 survey, about 60 percent of Americans stated that they distrusted the information communicated by social media.