Now I know what you're thinking, "What?! You're just finding out about social media now?" Obviously not. I am and have been an active user in Facebook, Twitter, youtube, and obviously blogging for quite some time. Rather, what I'm talking about it the CONVERGENCE of social media and how it is finding its way into so many different aspects of the internet, and for that matter, our lives.
Now, as I read articles online from news sources like the AP, there are links at the top of the page for me to easily post the article link to my Facebook, or tweet the link on my Twitter account. Similarly, I was checking my fantasy baseball team out today and at the top of my league homepage, there is an icon for me to click to "like" my fantasy baseball league on Facebook. I'm sorry, but my fantasy baeball league is a private league and my fellow members and I would like to keep it that way.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, if someone had told me five years ago when I entered college that social media would evolve into what it is today, I don't think I would have believed them. Not only have new mediums of social media been developed during that time span, but as I said before, these mediums have converged in such a way that few people could have foreseen. All I can do is keep myself informed so I don't end up like Ned Ludd.
Social media is EVERYWHERE. Not only do we use it in our every day lives, we talk about it a lot in our communications classes. It's still weird to me that businesses are using facebook now, as when I first started using it only students were on it. I've been noticing lately that a lot of companies connect all of their social medias, to make it even more accessible for users. If a company is on facebook, it'll link its twitter, youtube channel, website and anything else it has. Even though I never expected social media to be as dominant as it is in today's society, it definitely provides new ways to get information out to the public.
ReplyDeletePS I hope your recovery is going well!
When facebook first came out i was not into it at all. I didn't understand why everyone was on it 24/7, then i went on it and got sucked into social media......for forever i guess haha Yes, when we first came into college the effect that social media had was NOTHING like it is now and its a little scary how big it has become in such a small amount of time. In most cases i feel like its great, in today's world people need information and they need it fast and this is one of the main ways to do so.
ReplyDeleteSame!! feel better