How do social networks influence public opinion and social movements?
By Ro Gálvez. Currently, social movements are generated by the illusion of public opinion and / or actors that generally have a social network that constitutes legitimacy and credibility on the part of the community. The conflicts and discussions that are generated today are varied. Not only do they include the classic debates in the social, political and economic spheres, but other problems are generated that involve cultural and symbolic spheres exemplified by the new sexual orientations, ethnic mobilizations, feminists, body positive, conscious eating. Etc. Social networks have undoubtedly changed the forms of dialogues and protests. There is talk of a sofa activism instead of a revolutionary instrument as some subjects see it. Zigmunt Bauman, one of the great references of Sociology in the 20th century, sees this technological revolution with great skepticism. In an interview with the newspaper EL PAIS (2016) he analyzes that in social networks subjects create their own commun...