Journal 3

     Writing, technology, and circulation all go hand-in-hand. Writing, the most important tool of all, allows us to freely express our opinions for the world to see. What this allows for is for writers to bring attention to problems occurring in the country such as injustices, war, and so on. With this being the "digital age," a large portion of writing is now available online. On Facebook and other social networking sites, users will share articles for different reasons - articles they find funny, articles about the school they attend, and articles about things they want their friends and family to be aware about. Often times, the media will not touch upon important things that are happening not only in the United States, but all over the world. That is why these three things go together so well. Social media allows for a major kind of circulation that we were never able to reach before the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc. existed.
     How does this affect how we live our lives? Now, instead of watching the news or reading the newspaper for our daily dose of what is going on in the world around us, our news info session is also blended with our "social hour." Before, Facebook used to be a place where people shared pictures, let their friends know what was going on, and share birthday messages. Although this still occurs, I believe that now the social aspect of Facebook and Twitter have now blended with information sharing. People see Facebook less as a diary and more as a tool to inform others about what is really important to them. This is how writing has an important relationship with technology and circulation. Without technology, these articles written by journalists and normal people alike, would never have been published online. With the invention of social media, we have the opportunity to share these articles we feel are important and should be read. This is how writing gets circulated, and I believe it works as an even better tool of information sharing than the classic daily news or newspaper.