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What is Social Media A Guide to Profiting From Social Networking
SM is an umbrella term that encompasses the technologies and the activities that people use to share experiences, ideas and information with each other. The term is still evolving. The term “SOCIAL MEDIA” most often refers to activities that integrate technology, social (or human) interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio – better known as “user generated content” [an example of UGC would be videos on YouTube.]
Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures and video. Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowdsourcing (crowd outsourcing), and voice over IP, to name a few.
Examples of social media applications are Google Groups (reference, social networking), Wikipedia (reference), MySpace (social networking), Facebook (social networking), Youmeo (social network aggregation), Last.fm (personal music), YouTube (social networking and video sharing), Second Life (virtual reality), Flickr (photo sharing), Twitter (social networking and microblogging) and other microblogs such as Jaiku and Pownce. Read the rest of this entry »
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What If You Had an Idea Machine – What Would You Do With It
What if you had an idea machine? What would you do with it? What if you had access to the ability to brainstorm all of your thoughts with thousands of others with similar interests? Would you? What if there were benchmarks available to you that would enable you to gauge how successful your idea for a product, a service, an article, or a book would be before you began? Would you avail yourself of it? What if you could gather an army of joint venture and creative partners willing to actively participate in your enterprise just for the asking? Would you ask?
Sounds too far fetched doesn’t it? Almost like utopia. But it does exist. Chances are you are aware of it. If you are reading this message, you are mostly likely availing yourself of this wonderful medium I am referring to as an idea machine right now. The idea machine I am talking about is the Internet. All of the “what if’s” I asked about in the aforementioned paragraph are possible with this magnificent idea machine and a number of smart people utilize it everyday specifically for these purposes. How about you? Read the rest of this entry »
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The Social Technological Landscape
A Discourse on Techno-sociological Behaviors
Technological advances are no longer terms that prompt confused facial responses and infantile explanations. The presence of these advances and a host of recreational gadgets transform mediocrity into fame. These projections are witnessed through television documentaries, motion pictures, and supportive media. The issues raised by technological advances guide the process of social gentrification. This is revealed by the attention paid to the definition of “technology”. There is variety of newly constructed social settings juxtaposed to an already delineated environment. This produces and articulates an enticing arrangement of social interaction. The appearance of acceptability and stability presented by these various mediums is void of theoretical development as a course of change agency. The social fabric of human interaction is achieved by re materializing loyalties of a new milieu toward immaterial cultural practices and fixation on the politics of identity. The immense influence of this societal and cultural movement towards technology, substitutes our attention from social principals and relations to behavior that taints social acceptance. The number of individuals who appear to be outwardly secure in the world of cell phones, game boys, and iPods is emergent. This conduct has displaced human elements of decision making based on firsthand experience and social contacts that would naturally materialize. Modern youth are not involved in social activities benefiting from the differences that various cultures have afforded. Ones proclivities are such that these isolated and collective social contacts produce the understanding possible to make connections that transcend the idiomatic behaviors of classes, consequential relationships, and acquaintances. Within this framework the complex manner assists in expounding everyday social life through the embodiment of meanings, values, and symbolism. Read the rest of this entry »
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