One thing I did not understand about the readings is that the organizations did not want to be in the mainstream media. I understand why this is because they did not want their motive to be influenced by media and I am sure that they did not want people joining their cause when they had no idea what their cause was. I guess I would compare it to the LIVE STRONG bracelets by Lance Armstrong. I remember they came out in grade school and at the time I had no idea what they were for all I knew that I wanted one because everyone else had one. Looking back I think it is dumb to support a cause when I didn’t have slightest clue what it was about. However, I don’t understand why these organizations tried so hard to keep their cause from the mainstream media because how was anyone suppose to know what they were about or the problems they were trying to address? Not only that, if everything is heard about by word of mouth by the time it takes for a lot of people to hear about it would take forever. How are they supposed to gain new supporters and strengthen their campaign?
The difference i feel between the article and the LiveStrong braceletes are that the braceletes were trying to raise awareness about cancer (getting tested, treated, and raising money to help find new cures/suppport treatments). I'm not saying that these girls didn't have a cause but had they gone into the media they may have got unwanted attention not from a positive standpoint but possibly from a negative standpoint too.
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