Ning

Ning is a social media site that is often used as a way to communicate some sort of social change. As a group, we decided to focus on something that was important to us, so we chose to advocate a social change for Childhood Obesity. This was something that really stuck out in all of our minds because we are all active in sports and healthy eating. This project really allowed us to have the opportunity to use our previous knowledge and also research more into the issue.

Ning provided our group a venue to get our message out into the public. We used videos, pictures, discussion boards, and facts in order to really stress the seriousness of the issue.

I really loved this project because I am always looking for ways to generate a sense of awareness for autism. I think that most people rely on facebook. While I do believe that facebook has the ability to reach large audiences, it is nice to know that there are other places and more options to do this.

Social media is a really effective way to reach people and get a message out. As I have learned beign a public relations major, more and more businesses are relying on different forms of social media to raise awareness of their organizations and services. It is a way to connect with people all over the world and bring attention to businesses. In a time of economic turmoil, social media seems to be the number one venue for advertising because it is free and very easy to use.