Workshop held on how to use social media wisely

The rapid growth in social media use among Papua New Guineans has precipitated the involvement of businesses and firms, which are teaching customers to use this platform accurately.

Among those enterprises is the Media Development Initiative (MDI), which has performed separate workshops with various companies in the Talasea district.

MDI carried out social media workshops as part of its district activity for diverse girls’ institutions, small to medium organizations, WNB provincial government officers, and individuals.

A 2d social media workshop was conducted with nearby government ward councilors, ward contributors, and ward managers.

As a result, individuals can now use the social media platform to generate discussions on trending issues that require action from those in authority.

The session ended with a name for all to be answerable for their content on Facebook. They should use it to express perspectives and opinions and maintain discussions with their neighborhood MP for neighborhood answers.

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To help them comprehend social media, the individuals were given an outline of how the media landscape in PNG (mainstream media) has changed over the last ten years.

This set the basis for the creation of social media.

Social media platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have been discussed briefly. However, the workshop was widely known on Facebook, which is extra popular in PNG.

The path module included regions together with the following:

– Identifying faux news on Facebook;
– The honest use law on Facebook;
– Defamation each slander and libel that Facebook customers can uncover with the aid of what they put up;
– Posts and information concerning underage youngsters drew discussions around infant protection policy

and PNG’S Lukautim Pikining Act and;
– Selectively posting videos, images, and information concerning the loss of service delivery triggers a response from those in authority who are also on the Facebook platform.

Before the SM schooling, a survey was conducted to see which participants had existing business Facebook pages and private profiles.

For those with enterprise pages, forums, or representing hobby corporations, particular education has been given to:

– Post appropriate records and images that sell the commercial enterprise or sports;
– Promote the pages;
– Boost the pages;
– Promote upcoming occasions and;
They need to retain engagement and discussions with the target audience.

The contributors had been additionally made aware of nonconversational posts, which include:

– spammy posts;
– like posts;
– tag a mating post;
– tag baiting posts and;
– comment baiting posts.

These are baiting posts bigger groups utilize for opinion polls to grow their earnings margins.

The contributors have been implored to use the platform to post pictures and facts that might trigger a reaction from those in authority.

The contributors were advised to monitor the promise by uploading pictures of the loss of service transport, which could attract the attention of a nearby Member of Parliament.

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