Role of social media in the Future

        Technological evolution has become a bliss and pain in today's generation.

Although it enables one to connect and engage with people who are far away, it has its own advantages and disadvantages. For instance, keeping one's personal information has become difficult because of advanced development in technology, your personal data no more private to an extent. People are helpless than wonder at the kind of social footprint they have left without their knowledge.

         The recent bomb blast in Boston shook the entire United States; the local government was under enormous pressure handling public contacting them for resolution. At the other hand after this tragic event cellphone services were stuck due to traffic created by people around the globe reaching Boston’s friends and relatives enquiring the safety who were running the marathon.

          Social media such as Facebook, Twitter,Instagram,Orkut, Pinterest etc., have become a substitute mode of communication channel for real time update on world wide news.

      Unknown people from Boston created a list of thousands of phone numbers and address's of those offering aid and shelter to those impacted by the bombings. It’s heartwarming to see strangers come together instantly as a community and provide support and assistance. This is a great use of social media in crisis where other communication modes have failed. It’s great to see technology bringing people together in moments when they desperately need support.

       Mobile technology and Internet has already redefined the way we live and expect more in future. Going ahead in future Social media could help prevent such tragic events by fast spreading any suspicious activities in such public events. This would help government taking timely action or public could take fair decision on whether or not to attend such events. In the future may be a group of people could form an online volunteer community to fight against such events, track such negative conversations in different public forums who could be a potential threat in future and bring them to police custody. Social media could replace such marathons by an internet based services for the community rather than physical public gathering which is a disadvantage disconnecting from meeting people in person.

     Although we may not be able to completely prevent such tragic events but technology would definitely help shape such events(marathon) in a better shape given a committed thought about it.