Social Media
I love social media sites like Facebook and I use them all the time. I love them for the same reasons everyone else loves them: the connectivity and “social advertising” they provide. But I also love to study them and learn about how they influence people’s lives. They are a fascinating social phenomenon.
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On Web Rankings
“Spurred by the popularity of MySpace, News Corp. sites have overtaken Yahoo sites as the most viewed by U.S. Internet users, according to new industry data cited by News Corp. on Tuesday,” [from News.com]. The ranking is debated heavily, mostly by Yahoo, who are reluctant to relinquish the title. MySpace and Yahoo continue to battle […]
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On 2006
A recent New York Times article called 2006 the “Year of Self Expression.” If you refer to an entry from last week, I discuss this trend of user-generated content (“UGC”) as it relates to news. In the Times article, it relates to media moguls snatching up all of the UGC outlets as this trend grows. […]
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On Social Networking
What is it about my generation that makes us totally infatuated with this idea of “connectedness” and “social networking?” No generation before us ever cared so much about so little. Granted, they lacked the technology necessary for this kind of thing, but even now, when the technology is all but ubiquitous, they still don’t appreciate […]