Three reasons why the “experts” are wrong about social media mea. There is an argument around the blogosphere that is DRIVING ME CRAZY. When it turns to the topic of measurement and social media marketing, many “authorities” flippantly rely on the “double standard” argument — If you’re trying to measure the value of SM, you might as well measure the value of a cell phone, the company car and the receptionist. One popular blogger and author recently said if your manager asks for the ROI of your social media initiative, you should ask him for the ROI of his pants. Their point is that you just need to accept the social web as something ubiquitous and necessary, so why worry about it? This is lunacy. Here are three reasons why this “no need to measure” view is an irresponsible position: 1) Never get caught with your stats down Let’s examine the argument that you don’t measure the value of a company car, or email so insisting that we measure social media is a double standard. 2) The fallacy of free But just how much money are we talking about?
List Of Top Social Media Network Sites | Showcases | instantShif. Social Media Networking really important for people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail, blogging, instant messaging, photo sharing and gaming services. Social networking has created new paths to communicate and share information. Social networking websites are being used regularly by millions of people, and it now seems that social networking will be an enduring part of everyday life.
This is one of the beat ways we as a society show our growth and our progressiveness. After being researching last few weeks Now we glad to present the List of Top Social Media Network Sites which may help you in sharing information and networking all at the same time. 38 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed. Another busy week at Mashable HQ has yielded another mega list of tools and resources for your reading pleasure. Check out our Social Media section for tips on how turn any video viral, find out why the web loves cats so much, or simply determine what kind of geek you are. Tech & Mobile is packed with tools like top blogger templates, Photoshop tutorials, and tips for beginners when it comes to PHP programming. Business rounds out the list with how to use hashtags to boost you job search, great social media management tools, and some games for learning stock market strategy. Looking for even more social media resources?
Social Media 7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for TeachersDo you want to use social media in your classroom but aren't sure how to get started? For more social media news and resources, you can follow Mashable's social media channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. Tech & Mobile Business HOW TO: Use Twitter Hashtags to Boost Your Job SearchJob postings. The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and JESS3. Twitter Literacy (I refuse to make up a Twittery name for it) : Howard Rheingold : City Brights. Post-Oprah and apres-Ashton, Twittermania is definitely sliding down the backlash slope of the hype cycle.
It’s not just the predictable wave of naysaying after the predictable waves of sliced-breadism and bandwagon-chasing. We’re beginning to see some data. Nielsen, the same people who do TV ratings, recently noted that more than 60% of new Twitter users fail to return the following month. To me, this represents a perfect example of a media literacy issue: Twitter is one of a growing breed of part-technological, part-social communication media that require some skills to use productively.
Sure, Twitter is banal and trivial, full of self-promotion and outright spam. So is the Internet. The difference between seeing Twitter as a waste of time or as a powerful new community amplifier depends entirely on how you look at it – on knowing how to look at it. One of my students asked me online why I use Twitter. Immediacy – it is a rolling present. You have to tune who you follow. 10 Outstanding Social Media Infographics. Nobody has time to read anymore, right? Every day we are all inundated with more and more information overload coming from credible and yet to be verified sources. Where can Internet users find relief? Answer: the infographic. Infographics are a wonderful mix of key data and visualization that can really bring the message home if put together correctly. So without further ado, we bring you our top 10 favorite social media infographics! Update: Check out our infographic design services 1 – World Map of Social Networks Let’s start at the 50,000 foot view, shall we?
(Source) 2 – Age Distribution on Social Network Sites Is age distribution targeting more your thing? (Source) 3 – Social Media Periodic Table of Elements As we previously reported, our friend and fellow Advertising Age Power 150 member Eyecube created another great visualization called the social media periodic table of elements: (Source) 4 – The Conversation Prism 5 – The Boom of Social Sites (Source) (Source) 7 – Hubspot Twitter Territory.
21C Magazine. This is Your Brain Online: Recent Books on Cognition and Connection by Roy Christopher Roy Christopher recreating Peter Gabriel's 2nd LP. Image Source: RoyChristopher.com Every once in a while our collective reliance on information technology initiates a corrective – or at least a thorough reassessment. In a sort of Moore’s Law of agentic worry, the intervals seem to be shortening as fast as the technology is advancing, and the latest wave is upon us. Here are several recent books on the subject. Regarding public cell phone use, comedian Bill Maher once quipped that if he wanted to be so privy to one’s most intimate thoughts, he’d read his or her blog. Electronic Elsewheres: Media, Technology, and the Experience of Social Space (University of Minnesota Press, 2010), edited by Chris Berry, Soyoung Kim, and Lynn Spigel, aims to explore “how different world populations experience place through media technologies.”
The most interesting article in the first of these three sections is Susan B. Media Practices: Digital Culture: New Term. Robots msn, chat ... smart child Differences in conversation: Limited responces conversation doesn't flow changing topic is hard, where as it wouldn't be in a person to person convo responces are quick and easy can Smart conversations with computers Smart bots can hold advanced conversation so it may seem as though you are having a genuine chat with another person as the conversation may flow as normal, however you are not.
This is due to its programming; a word in a sentence can be a trigger to a response that the computer automatically gives. For example a human may say a sentence such as ‘I’m watching tv, what are you doing?’ And the smart bot may respond with What are you watching on tv? This is due to the trigger signal that is set off when the word ‘tv’ or ‘television’ is used. A Wild idea Like in the film (date...written by...) ’Deep Blue Sea’ where experimentation goes wrong and the sharks get smarter and attack Also like in the film as the root take over the world, computers could. Image. 5 Differences Between Social Media and Social Networking. The differences between social media and social networking are just about as vast as night and day. There are some key differences and knowing what they are can help you gain a better understanding on how to leverage them for your brand and business. 1. By Any Definition Social media is a way to transmit, or share information with a broad audience.
On the other hand, social networking is an act of engagement. 2. Social media is more akin to a communication channel. With social networking, communication is two-way. 3. It can be difficult to obtain precise numbers for determining the ROI from social media. Social networking's ROI is a bit more obvious. 4. Social media is hard work and it takes time. Because social networking is direct communication between you and the people that you choose connect with, your conversations are richer, more purposeful and more personal. 5. With social networking, you can tell your peers about your new business or blog and discuss how to make it a success. Social Media … or Social Blogmarking? Social is a six letter word | WEBLOGSKY: Jon Lebkowsky's Blog. RU Sirius reviews Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, which is one wave of a supposed “tide of cyber-skepticism [sweeping] the US.”
I haven’t read Turkle’s book. but RU’s review suggests an exploration of the disconnect between expectations of “social” media – that it will make us more social – and the reality, that it can make us more aware how alone we are. I have a problem with broad assumptions about any phenomenon, and I know that the perception and reality of social media is too complex for any kind of generalization. Experiences differ: some have complete and powerful social experiences in virtual environments, while others might find that they’re lost in the funhouse. And I think it’s misleading to analyze online social experience as somehow divorced from physical experience of the world and other people. Part of the problem may be in our expectations for “social.”
Similar Posts: Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US | Media | The Observer. The way in which people frantically communicate online via Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging can be seen as a form of modern madness, according to a leading American sociologist. "A behaviour that has become typical may still express the problems that once caused us to see it as pathological," MIT professor Sherry Turkle writes in her new book, Alone Together, which is leading an attack on the information age.
Turkle's book, published in the UK next month, has caused a sensation in America, which is usually more obsessed with the merits of social networking. She appeared last week on Stephen Colbert's late-night comedy show, The Colbert Report. When Turkle said she had been at funerals where people checked their iPhones, Colbert quipped: "We all say goodbye in our own way. " Turkle's thesis is simple: technology is threatening to dominate our lives and make us less human. But Turkle's book is far from the only work of its kind. The backlash has crossed the Atlantic. The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss. “Everyone’s looking for rules to follow, and the sooner you realize there aren’t any, the better art can be.”– Jerrod Carmichael Jerrod Carmichael is pushing the boundaries of comedy with his groundbreaking work in stand-up, television, and film.
Now just 29 years old, what this driven North Carolina native has accomplished is mind-boggling, and 2017 is going to be his biggest year yet. Jerrod stars in the hit NBC series The Carmichael Show, which he also writes and executive produces. The third season of the show premieres in 2017. In March of 2017, Jerrod will star in his second stand-up comedy special on HBO, directed by Bo Burnham.
He made his debut on HBO in 2014 with his critically acclaimed one-hour special, Love at the Store, directed by Spike Lee. Love at the Store is the funniest standup special I’ve seen in many years, and it’s the reason I reached out to Jerrod. Jerrod recently announced his upcoming authorial debut with an as-yet-untitled memoir. Teens Turn to Social Coding to Protect Privacy on Social Nets.
In certain teen social circles, it’s considered a subtle act of arrogance, a signifier of the loner, to use a solo photo of yourself for your Facebook profile. Digital natives may have earned their reputation as the “entitlement generation,” but apparently there are some social limits to their unabashed self-regard. In fact, there’s compelling evidence the up-and-coming cohort of young Americans has grown increasingly sophisticated in navigating the public-by-default scene of social networks.
Researchers say they are evolving forms of social coding to signal to each other while at the same time keeping their thoughts, activities and personal communications masked from older generations. For example, profile photos that include friends may have originated as a safety mechanism, according to Danah Boyd, a researcher that specializes in the intersections between technology and society at Harvard’s Center for Internet and Society, but now are a “social signal that you are sociable.”
Related. Should I Say Thanks for Retweets? Yes. When you feel it’s appropriate, go for it. No one likes an arrogant, self-absorbed, asshole (except people like me,oddly enough). Saying thanks is a quick, easy way to connect with new followers or people who enjoyed a post. Some people think saying thanks for retweets clutters up the Twitter stream with noise. I disagree. Everything on Twitter is noise to someone, so if you bother them, they were probably angry to begin with.
Saying thanks, whether you do it publicly or privately, shows gratitude and humility. Reading blogs takes time. Anyone who doesn’t like you saying “Thank you” is a hater, and you didn’t need them anyways. Attention, and Other 21st-Century Social Media Literacies (EDUCAUSE Review. © 2010 Howard Rheingold. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License ( EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 45, no. 5 (September/October 2010): 14–24 Howard Rheingold (howard@rheingold.com) is the author of Tools For Thought, The Virtual Community, Smart Mobs, and other books and is currently lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.
Comments on this article can be posted to the web via the link at the bottom of this page. If you were the only person on earth who knew how to use a fishing rod, you would be tremendously empowered. If you were the only person on earth who knew how to read and write, you would be frustrated and empowered only in tiny ways, like writing notes to yourself. When it comes to social media, knowing how to post a video or download a podcast—technology-centric encoding and decoding skills—is not enough.
I focus on five social media literacies: Notes.
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