I recently watched an interview by Jerry Seinfeld with Trevor Noah in the series 'Comedians in Cars Drinking Coffee'. This is the link to the interview.
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/trevor-noah-thats-the-whole-point-of-apartheid-jerry
During the interview they discuss the effect recent changes in technology and lifestyle have had on the way we protest.
"People are able to protest in their underwear, and that almost defies what protesting should be about. The whole point of a protest is to get up out of your bed, put your clothes on, walk out into the cold and say, ‘I stand for this’. But now you don’t really have to have that conviction because you’re on the couch in your underwear, going ‘you know what, I don’t like it either."
Although this conversation is part of a quick conversation between two comedians it highlights some of the issues in the way we voice our opinions using social media. Social media provides a way to reach a huge audience from our home or mobile phone. This could be a powerful tool for satirical illustration but the sheer volume of information on social media means that even if your message is shared across the world it can easily be forgotten almost instantly.
In many elements of day to day life new technology has been accused of making us lazy so it makes sense that it has had the same effect on the way we protest.
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