Discuss the external protection of political values

Our political preference generally influenced by the values that we held to determine which one is wrong and which one is right.

Often times, we only socialize with a group of people that only held the same value as us. When this happen,the affirmation that we get from those people will act as external protection that prevent us from hearing the values of other people that do not belong in our social group.

So,  External protection of values basically are things that keep us from changing our value that does not come from ourselves.

new communications technology has affected the way social movements are organized because nowadays, social movements rely on social networks and the media to get different people with a similar way of thinking in contact, and thus, get them to mobilize for a greater cause.

individuals only participate in collective action when they feel identified with it. is in this aspect that social media becomes relevant, because it guarantees communication among all individuals and organizes the social actions that are going to be carried out, i.e., the social movements.

in addition, being covered by the media is important to validate the message and make it relevant in the social agenda, as well as to reach more people who can share interests, appealing to public sympathy for their cause.

in conclusion, it is by social networks and social media that social movement is given birth; by connecting different individuals with similar ideas and organizing them to mobilize for a greater cause.