A day-long media seminar on social media was organized by the North East Press Service (NEPS) News group at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on Tuesday. Nagaland Governor PB Acharya speaking at the seminar said that print media, electronic media and social media are supplementary to each other. The Governor said that social media is a great blessing provided one knows how to make the best use of it. He said that one should not be scared about the negative side of social media but use it as a means to empower oneself and also address the problem of the society.
Also stressing the importance of education he said, “Society can only progress where there is education and even suggested introducing it as a subject in the school and college syllabus in future. ”
The Governor called upon the younger generation to adapt with the changes happening around them and also to change their mindset to strengthen the society. He challenged the participants to embrace social media and utilize the medium to build up the society.