The shift of media from traditional outlets to social media has increased awareness
Photographers no longer took pictures of the natural world, but how humanity has infiltrated it. From preservation to prevention. Photographers have taken awareness into their own hands by leaving behind news outlets and making media partnerships and alliances with more unconventional platforms. Platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and even Tiktok. They have proved to reach a wide audience. The #savetheturtles trend has influenced huge companies like Starbucks to ban plastic straws in their establishments. This is a big sign of the effectiveness of social media to create action.This issue is so prevalent with recent protests and campaigns taking over both social media and traditional news. People have had enough with the damage humans have caused the earth. Social media has also shown it's power by allowing public health workers and emergency responders to act more quickly and efficiently during crises.
Comment: Traditional media like news channels, newspapers, and magazines were effective if people took the time to listen or read the information. 2019 teens and millennials have shorter attention spans and need more to become interested. Whether they became that way due to social media or social media was made because of them is a debatable question. The lack of credibility is also a big issue on social media, where we don't know if some of the information we receive is true or not. No one fact checks Instagram or twitter posts like they do on newspapers or magazines.