Comments on: Getting Your Arms Around Social Media http://www.inetinteractive.com/uncategorized/getting-your-arms-around-social-media/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 31 May 2010 14:28:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Grace Hubbard http://www.inetinteractive.com/uncategorized/getting-your-arms-around-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Grace Hubbard Mon, 31 May 2010 14:28:11 +0000 http://www.inetinteractive.com/?p=57#comment-333 I am an educator and a student in an informational technology class. I am a novice with all the resources of social media and technology in general. The concept map you mentioned was an extremely helpful tool to determine ways to harness this type of technology and bring value to ones life. Listening to the youtube video "Media Literacy" with M. Wesch the issue was raised - is media using us, or are we using media? The concept map provides me a way of thinking about that and determining where the value is for me. Thanks I am an educator and a student in an informational technology class. I am a novice with all the resources of social media and technology in general.
The concept map you mentioned was an extremely helpful tool to determine ways to harness this type of technology and bring value to ones life.
Listening to the youtube video “Media Literacy” with M. Wesch the issue was raised – is media using us, or are we using media?
The concept map provides me a way of thinking about that and determining where the value is for me.
Thanks

]]> By: Ryan Turner http://www.inetinteractive.com/uncategorized/getting-your-arms-around-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Ryan Turner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:17:37 +0000 http://www.inetinteractive.com/?p=57#comment-111 Thanks for the nice mention, Kevin. That diagram was really an effort at trying to capture a sense of the complexity of individuals' online ecosystems. I hoped to express, most of all, that it's not all about you and your site anymore. The idea of engaging across many domains is still new enough that I think we're all still struggling with it a bit, watching as the tools evolve. And your comment about communities spawning social networks, and vice-versa, is spot on. (Enabling ad-hoc private and semi-private groupings is a feature I'm recommending constantly for community platforms.) If you look hard enough, the differences between the types of social site I outlined start to disappear. Each can be a feature of any of the others. Somehow I'm going to have to figure out how to make that diagram 3-D! Anyway, thanks for the connection. I'll keep an eye on this space and look forward to your further insights. Thanks for the nice mention, Kevin. That diagram was really an effort at trying to capture a sense of the complexity of individuals’ online ecosystems. I hoped to express, most of all, that it’s not all about you and your site anymore. The idea of engaging across many domains is still new enough that I think we’re all still struggling with it a bit, watching as the tools evolve.

And your comment about communities spawning social networks, and vice-versa, is spot on. (Enabling ad-hoc private and semi-private groupings is a feature I’m recommending constantly for community platforms.) If you look hard enough, the differences between the types of social site I outlined start to disappear. Each can be a feature of any of the others. Somehow I’m going to have to figure out how to make that diagram 3-D!

Anyway, thanks for the connection. I’ll keep an eye on this space and look forward to your further insights.

]]> By: Pragya Narang http://www.inetinteractive.com/uncategorized/getting-your-arms-around-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Pragya Narang Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:36:57 +0000 http://www.inetinteractive.com/?p=57#comment-110 RocSearch, the UK-based research & analytics firm has recently released a research study on ‘Leveraging Social Media for Brands’. The study showcases the social media eco-system, its drivers & imperatives while detailing cases of brand successes and failures attempting to harness the power of this medium. For a complementary copy of the study, visit http://www.rocsearch.com/social-media.asp. RocSearch, the UK-based research & analytics firm has recently released a research study on ‘Leveraging Social Media for Brands’. The study showcases the social media eco-system, its drivers & imperatives while detailing cases of brand successes and failures attempting to harness the power of this medium. For a complementary copy of the study, visit http://www.rocsearch.com/social-media.asp.

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