My perception of Social media

How do you think social media will change in the future? What other trends would you add to the mix? Are they any specific technologies that you think will gain popularity or emerge?

2011-12-12T15:03:00.000-08:00

Without a doubt I truly believe thatsocial media will change in the future. It’s only a matter of time before somecompany or someone comes up with a new and better way to use these social mediatools. Even today, the enhanced technology we have developed has allowed us touse these tools basically in the palm of our hands. People with phones like theIphones, blackberry’s and android already have a majority of what they need inthese devices. Before, you wouldn’t have internet on a cell phone, now not onlydo you have internet, you have various applications such as games, video,camera, voice recording and music all at your disposal. The internet on yourphone allows you to go on sites such as Facebook, twitter and YouTube which alot of today’s society use to interact with one another. Another example of social media changing inthe future is the msn app people used to use. Teenagers would go on msn tointeract with their friends on a daily basis and would even say they could see themselvesusing msn forever. Now, Facebook is the new msn and I don’t know anyone thatstill uses msn. Facebook has better features than msn because technology developedas the years went along and better ideas came up. After Facebook, twitter hasreally developed quickly and is almost as successful as Facebook if not better.These sites are clear indications that social media is developing better tools/websites and won’t stop. People who create these tools or sites for us to use willalways try to find a flaw and make a better project than the one before.

I personally don’t know what other trends Iwould add to the mix. I would probably say faster updates or easier access tothese tools would be my addition to the mix.

I don’t really think any specific technologiesthat will gain popularity; there will always be debate no matter what it’sabout because people have their own opinion or preferences. I for one like Facebookmore than twitter, one of my friends like twitter more and we have had debateabout it for a while when twitter first came out. So it really depends whatother people like and dislike.

As technology continues to develop so willsocial media, it’s only a matter of time before something new and better comesout and people start to embrace it.

Do you think that social media has the potential to bring about real social change?

2011-12-12T10:55:00.001-08:00

Do youthink that social media has the potential to bring about real social change?

I believe that social media has the potential tobring about real social change and has already started today.

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and fan pages areexamples of how social media has really changed the way people associate withone another. I personally am constantly using my blackberry to go on Facebook, YouTubeor websites to communicate with the people I communicate with on a regular basis.Whenever I’m with my friends someone will bring something up they saw on a websiteor a Facebook/twitter page they saw. Whether its good news like a Toronto teammaking a blockbuster trade that will bring us to the next level or bad newswhere they made a bad trade, people will find out about it because of thesesocial media tools we have now. I remember recently when UFC was legalized herein Toronto, I didn’t find out through the daily news or newspaper, I found outthrough my Facebook page because so many of my friends are UFC fans and wereposting Facebook statuses about it. Of course there were people against the UFCbeing legalized and it just so happened they used social media tools to voice theiropinion. I saw twitter accounts that were being negative towards it and eventweeting to other fans they shouldn’t watch the sport because it promotes violenceto younger teens and that they were foolish or stupid to actually enjoy thissport. Celebs are using these tools as well. Some have used their own YouTube accountsto post videos about events they would like their fans and other people tosupport. An example would be when Haiti was it with the earthquake. Many weresaying all they have to do to help support or donate to the charity was toclick the link below their video and that’s all. Many people did and it was asuccess. One video made thousands of donations to the charity.

For sure social media is bringing out real socialchange and already has begun. It will only get stronger as we continue todevelop our technology and people continue to use these tools as a way to communicatewith everyone.

What is your perception of social media, do you think it is a fad or the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?

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Social media is constantly changing and growing every year, it consistently invites people to interact with one another without actually having a face to face conversation. Most common social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are used on a daily day basis to communicate with friends and family differently and even interact with celebrities around the world. I personally use facebook as another way to interact with my friends and family. With facebook, it allows me to see and comment on my friends pictures, videos, notes and their personal statuses etc. Some of my family members are twitter users because it not only allows them to interact with friends but their favourite celebrities and athletes. Social media has rapidly become a popular way to interact with others that even business companies use it as a tool to get their brands products or services known to the public. They have ads and pictures being put onto the facebook site that people are constantly on and can now reach out to billions of people in the world advertising their brands products or services which could lead to potential clients. Social media has also been used as a way to raise awareness of local events or tragedies going on in the world. When tragedy’s such as the tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year, most people were being aware of this terrible event through twitter, facebook or youtube. Students who don’t watch the news see tons of facebook/twitter updates ,pictures and videos posted about it and look it up on youtube to see what is going on. My perception is that social media has become the biggest shift today and isn’t a fad. It will continue to grow and develop because even today, facebook is always being upgraded to make it better then it was before. Eventually something new and better will come up for future generations to enjoy just like people today enjoy the many ways of interacting with others across the globe.