WEEK 2 "Israel and Iran: A Love Story"

Last week I’ve talked about how social media may have a negative effect on us (Justin Carter’s case). However, if social media is used wisely it can be an influential implement of bringing people together to bind peace between two countries.

For this weeks tutorial task we looked at videos that are relevant to the study of communication media from http://www.ted.com/talks. The video that I found most interesting was “Israel and Iran: A love story” by Ronny Edry.

I chose this story because I found it not only interesting but also inspirational. Ronny Edry is a graphic designer from Israel who started to connect with people from Iran and began an online movement for peace between the people of two countries. It started by one Facebook post of an image of himself and his daughter with the text “Iranians, we will never bomb your country. We heart you”.

I’ve always been passionate of making a difference in Thailand, my home country but sometimes I doubt myself because it’s a very challenging task.  However, this video has inspired me in many ways not only about peace but it has also reflected to me how much we could do to make a difference in our society, simply by using social media.  Social media can be a cheap, simple yet extremely powerful network that could spread a message to a mass audience.