Get Us Out of Iraq

Using the web blogs allowed me to use different mediums to analyze. In this post, I analyzed a facebook group about the current Iraq War.

Link to facebook group here

The purpose of the group "1,000,000 Students Against the Iraq War," is to demonstrate to the government as well as the rest of the country/world that there are many students in this country who are against the war in Iraq. The group is peacefully protesting the war in a new way. Whereas in the past people would hold demonstrations and attend anti-war rallies, many people are now using the internet to demonstrate against the war. This group is trying to show that there are a million students who oppose the war, who are showing their opposition to it by joining the group. Their goal is that the government will realize that many people are against the war, and then hopefully the government will then cave in to public demand and pull out of Iraq.

Although it is a very good idea to try and get a million students to join this facebook group, it will probably not succeed which will dilute the force and meaning behind the group. The reason for this is because there are countless other facebook groups that are trying to accomplish the same feat. Had there only been one facebook group trying to accomplish this, I believe that they could succeed and actually hold some power behind their message.