Talking in Characters
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Talking in Characters Social Media and Modern Communication
A not so exclusive club
• Phenomena • Companies the size of a Country• Largest Culture Ever
• Addiction• As profitable as the Coffee Industry• Overtaken Pornography in Internet Usage
But, but there are so many to choose from
• Classification• Collaborative Projects (Wikipedia)• Blogs and Microblogs (Twitter)• Content Communities (YouTube)• Social Networking (Facebook)• Virtual Game Worlds (World of Warcraft)• Virtual Social Worlds (Second Life)
Sip Instead of Gulp
• Short, Sweet,… to the point?• Social Presence• Media Richness
• InformationImpressionRelationship• You’ve Got Mail• Verbal Cues • Extended Time
Gulp rather than Sip
• Hyperpersonal • Closer Online than in Person
• Selective Exposure 2.0• Selective Self Presentation• Overattribution of Similarity
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Like to Share?
• We have no friends in real life• Telephone • Email• Internet
• Distance with Intimacy
I care, but not really
• Social Grooming: ~40%• Conversational: ~40%• Pass along value: ~10%• News: ~10%• Self Promotion: ~5%• Spam: ~5%
Shut the Hashtag Up!
Actually, share
• 1 in 6 Higher Education Students Enrolled in Online Courses
• Revolutions Occur in Real Time• 1 in 8 Couples Married Meet via Social Network• Online Students outperform traditional classroom peers• Outlet for Introversion
Lonely, I am so Lonely
• Composed Communication• Private Messaging• Increase Social Capital
• Scanning News Feeds• Broadcasting• Decrease Social Capital
• One-Click Gratification • Can be either
Porcupine Fable
• We’ve always sucked at communicating.Just Now We Can Suck to a Larger Audience.
• Social Media is Best Used in Moderation.Like Beer.
• Stop Feeling Nostalgic for your Nokia.Playing Snake on Your Phone Shouldn’t be the ‘Good ole Days.’