Getting on board with social media

Although many Indigenous people around Australia do not have access to the Internet, Aboriginal organisations are still trying to promote their social media platforms. 

As the times are changing and technology is advancing, telephone lines and Internet connectivity can be found in communities throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia. This is where most Indigenous people reside in Australia. 

It is great to see that many Indigenous people are able to use these facilities. 

Connecting with old scholars

I received the following letter in the mail this afternoon.

                                         

It's another way to keep old scholars of Immanuel College informed about what is happening with the school. I guess it's more cost effective than sending out annual community news and it will reach the wide variety of people who are on Facebook. Graduates from 1970's to the class of 2014 may all be active users of social media with the changing technological environment that we all live in. 

#Hashtags

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Google + are social media platforms that allows their active users to create there own hash-tags when posting online.

Hash-tags are used in general posts or when posting videos or pictures. Hash-tag range from a few words to having ten hash-tags within one post. It is important for businesses especially not use too many hash-tags as their consumer may not re-post the one that most important to the business.

The screen shot above shows 3 different people including myself who have used the same hash-tag with their posts.

Businesses, celebrities and general everyday social media users all create their own hash-tags. Some can use the same hash-tag as others.

"Lifestyle Choices"

With the closesure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia being a huge topic of debate, many have flocked to Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to express there concerns. Many are using the following hashtags within there posts. 

#SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA

#NOCONSENT

#ALWAYSWAS

#ALWAYSWILLBE