Similar to the example given in class early in the semester about the young boy who asked for donations because of a disorder he had, this article also involves Reddit and users donating money to help those in need. The article is an example of concept of imagined communities. It features that idea of people from all over the world being unified because they read something on the same website and thus sharing an experience together by helping the orphanage.

This article talks about the future and possibilities of social media in relation to the youth of today. It speaks about how social media can be used to create awareness and often get people involved with issues going on in the world.

This article provides different examples as to how social media has made an impact on various social movements that have happened; big and small ones. The article highlights the usage of social media and how it enables people to rally together from different parts of the world to share their opinion on a cause/campaign.

A commentary on the negative effects social media has on people. The article is saying that social media is hinders the way we communicate with others, instead of communicating with a person face to face we are more inclined to do it over other means. It also speaks about other problems social media might have like cyber bullying.

The article provides a commentary on social media. It gives insight on the different types of people - the demographics - that use all the various social media that is out there and relevant. It sorts out the different age groups, ethnicities, genders among other things like the way they are using it - creation vs. curators. One can also find other articles on the same website that link to other various information relevant to the topic at hand. There is also a longer but more in-depth analysis on the usage of social media done by the same group of people here (http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED525056.pdf).