Did social media cause the British Riots?
This past week has seen violence and destruction throughout England. This all began with the shooting of a young man by police. Social networking came into the equation as it was discovered that people were using social networking sites such as Facebook in order to create groups to organise secret meetings to plan a riot in their own town. As Chris Newbould said in the article, ‘UK riots and After’, “The saddest thing for me is that they used the social networking sites so efficiently to collude to smash up towns and cities. That is obviously wasted talent and skills that could have been put to good use to help them reach their goals in a non-violent way." The riots began due to firstly the shooting of the local man, but continued because of people wanting to get involved. I do not believe social networking caused this event however it defiantly helped fuel the destruction and spread it across the country. The general cause was bored people wanting to get involved in all of the chaos.
UK riots and after 2011, , Dubai.
Viewed 17Th August 2011.
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