Carin Savel thinks Facebook is just another media outlet.
The legislative assistant joined a social networking group called Prevent School Violence North Carolina, which is advocating for an anti-bullying bill sponsored by her boss, Democratic Rep. Rick Glazier of Fayetteville.
She's since used the group to spread updates on the bill's passage through various committees and links to editorials about it.
"It's just getting the information out there," she said. "If people are sitting on Facebook and that's their only means of communication — which for some people it is — they get a chance to learn about the bill."
The group currently has 466 members, but Savel said she did not judge its success based on that number. She said many of those members have hundreds more friends, so when they comment on a item it gets further exposure.
She said Facebook is a very effective public relations tool.
"In the old days, you sent out a press release, and the general public would only see what the newspapers chose to write about," she said. "This way they get to hear it from the horse's mouth."
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