hum 140: social media: introduction

Section 1: Section 1: Media – Social or OtherwiseMedia – Social or Otherwise

"Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future”

Niels Bohr

Social Media:Another Paradigm Shift?

““The free access which many young people The free access which many young people have…has poisoned the mind and corrupted have…has poisoned the mind and corrupted

the morals of many a promising youth.”the morals of many a promising youth.”Reverend Enos Hitchcock, Memoirs of the Bloomsgrove Family, 1790

““This new form of entertainment has gone This new form of entertainment has gone far to blast maidenhood………far to blast maidenhood………Depraved adults with candies and pennies Depraved adults with candies and pennies beguile children with the inevitable result”beguile children with the inevitable result”

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1909

““Does it break up the home Does it break up the home life and the old practice of life and the old practice of

visiting friends?”visiting friends?”The Knights of Columbus…1933

charlesdyer's photostream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng&feature=player_embedded#!

““Why the Internet Will Fail”Why the Internet Will Fail”

"No online database will replace your daily

newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a

competent teacher and no computer network will

change the way government works.“

Clifford Stoll, Newsweek, Feb 27, 1995

What is Social Media• talking, participating, sharing, networking, and bookmarking

online. • discussion, feedback, voting, comments, and sharing of

information from all interested parties.• linked to other sites, resources, and people.

Social Media …Social NetworkingSocial Media …Social NetworkingSocial media is a term for the tools and platforms people use to publish, converse and share content online. The tools include blogs, wikis, podcasts, and sites to share photos and bookmarks.

Social networking sites are online places where users can create a profile for themselves, and then socialize with others using a range of social media tools including blogs, video, images, tagging, lists of friends, forums and messaging.

Social Media: Society & Citizenship

~The Conversation ~ blogging, commenting or contributing - the currency of social networking.

Text versus Phonehttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/phone-fatigue-phone-call-dead/story?id=11355507&page=2

Why Texting now dominates the “conversation.”

A humorous take on the medium and the message.

The pitfalls of texting:Communication gone wrong.

But the old way has problems….But the old way has problems….

1. Too many websites to visit http://www.stumbleupon.com/ 2. Difficult to organize emails and attachments3. Only companies and organizations have a “voice.”

Now WEB 2.0 offers the ability to talk Now WEB 2.0 offers the ability to talk outside the usual channelsoutside the usual channels

1. Personal Publishing (blogs)2. Easy to create and edit websites (wikis)3. Publish and share photos, video (Flickr, YouTube)4. Lots of ways to share and collaborate