Sir: The media, like a mirror, reflects everything that is happening around us. Historically, social media has been used as a powerful tool during many crises either to abolish or control the crises. In Belarus in March 2006, activists who had gathered via mass email messages, protested against the policies of President Aleksandra Lukashenka, simply because he did what the people did not want. During the 2009 uprising in Iran, the Green Movement activists coordinated technological tools and protested against the miscounting of votes for Mir Hussein Mousavi. Thirdly, the Red Shirt uprising in Thailand in 2010 went through a similar path and succeeded via the help of social media. Pakistan has been bestowed with easy access to media and social media. It is reported that the country has 121 TV channels which include six channels run by the state, 89 local private channels, 26 foreign TV channels with landing rights, over 500 regular dailies and over 800 periodicals. Moreover, the country boasts of 138 commercial FM radio channels, 31 million internet users, among which there are 11 million Facebook users, two million Twitter users and hundreds of thousands of bloggers. If the mentioned users and the sources actually gear up to bring some positive change, a drastic transformation can be witnessed in society. It is unfortunate to mention that the potential of social media seems not to be used in an effective way. The more the users try to bring about positive changes in society, the better society becomes and the more the masses will benefit. For educating the public sphere, the US government generously uses social media as a strategic policy tool. That’s how social media can work and educate the public sphere. It is high time users learnt a lesson. Also, the government should make serious efforts to improve the welfare of the media. Noor Ahmed Islamabad