The ice bucket challenge is a campaign that's created for ALS awareness, a disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. the challenge entails when a person is being proposed to douse his/herself with a bucket full of ice water, which is something that is a bit foolish and dangerous to do, your then suppose to take video post it on social media or rather don't accept the proposal but be part of charity by donating to the ALS awareness. Now the tense and exciting part about the contest is not only does it help to raise and contribute to the charity but people tend to enjoy and make it amusing by being creative to use social media to persuade each other, using also water full of ice for all types of communities and individuals to participate in the challenge. South Africa is now one of the countries that is intrigued that they now have joined the challenge. The big question is why?
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The purpose of having the challenge in South Africa was that not all South Africans know about ALS neither did I. An Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a disorder also recognised as motor neurone diseases in South Africa . Both ALS and MND produce effects that resembles the symptoms such as difficulty in speaking, muscle spams, difficulty in swallowing , breathing and stiffness in movement that eventually the person is paralysed. It is unfortunate that not all of the South Africans know about the disease. Now the campaign's idea of using social media and sites to tag peoples by using the #ALS ice bucket challenge is a way to keep the updates of the changing world so that by learning about the disease effectively can help the public to identify and have enough knowledge about ALS
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Van Der Westhuizen whose also better known as a South African rugby springbok player was diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease in 2011 who also took part on the ice bucket challenge. Now south African celebrities such as Boity, Gareth cliff and a top billing presenter Jeannie D and Katlego maboe from the espresso morning show who accepted the nomination and fund raise for the charity to support the people who are effected by the disease in SA
The importance of using the social media is that viewing the disease can provide interest about the importance of knowing about ALS awareness but also people can communicate, share information by using social platforms such as television, radio, videos and social sites such as twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogging for the public to have discussions. As well as the proposal of media can provide skill, information and facts through the right projects and better understanding of ALS disease.
I did a little research on how some people think that this campaign "The Ice Bucket Challenge" is a waste of water and time, what do you make of this comment because it seem like we are forgetting the purpose of the campaign, like you mentioned its to increase awareness right?
ReplyDeleteI did a little research on how some people think that this campaign "The Ice Bucket Challenge" is a waste of water and time, what do you make of this comment because it seem like we are forgetting the purpose of the campaign, like you mentioned its to increase awareness right?
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, do you think the ice bucket challenge was effective? I know the purpose was to rise an awareness but then what does ALS have to do with ice water?
ReplyDeleteIce Bucket Challenge was a great initiative, however isn't it that many people only took part in the challenge to move with the trend and never understand it or donated.
ReplyDeleteIndeed social media is creating an impact in our lives. Providing infromations in its simpler from for all categories of people.
ReplyDeleteThe #icebucketchallenge was trending on tweeter for weeks and lot of people took part in the challenge. Did you take part?
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