Travon Martin Petition Gains Millions

This article revolves around the Travon Martin case. About a week and a half after his death, his parents started a petition on change.org and it soon became the fastest growing petition in change.org history with 2.1 million signatures to date. The site has over 100,000 petitions on it. The petition called for the prosecution of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Martin on February 26, 2012.

Social media users didn't seem to learn about the case for a few weeks, #travon became a trending topic on twitter 3 weeks after his death.“The overwhelming public outcry has not only brought some comfort to Trayvon’s family, but has prompted action at all levels of justice,” Jackie Mahendra, Change.org director of storytelling told Mashable. “People truly are finding their voice through social media and channeling their anger into action.”

This article teaches people just how important social media can be. Without social media, the Travon Martin case would have probably just been a story on the local news for a day or two and then disappeared, but because of social media, it has become known nationwide. People are not only finding out about the case, but they are expressing their opinions and feelings toward everything surrounding the case. The problem with the media in the case however is that people are hearing so many different stories revolving around the case and no one can seem to figure out what to believe anymore. The hope that comes out of social media being such a huge things in society is that Zimmerman will get what he deserves and Travon's parents as well as everyone else will feel like justice was served.