A study by a group of international researchers from different institutes have unveiled that You Tube has proved to be a great forum for online social activism.

Some of the many institutes involved in the study are George Mason University, Georgetown University, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Southern California.

Study researchers have talked about two different movements and those are Occupy Wall Street and the Proposition 8 same sex marriage effort. Both the issues were different, but have got success.

Researcher Emily Vraga and co-authors of the study, have affirmed that You Tube videos add a lot of impact when it comes to social and political activism. While talking about the benefits of You tube videos in making the social protest movement a success, Vraga has affirmed that the videos are quite easy to share and are quite effective in throwing an impact.

Vraga said that in their article they have shown how two movements have utilized You Tube in order to achieve their goal.

"As YouTube matures, and additional social networking tools evolve, it is interesting to note how these tools may be used by individual citizens as well as political activists to advance their goals", affirmed Brenda K Wiederhold from the Interactive Media Institute.