Naturally, since I had to miss our second discussion I’m kind of forced to stick with the first one from today’s class. Maybe I’ll get an idea from the other posts in the class but seeing that I’m writing this on a plane, I’ll have to wait until later for any second-half investigations.
I don’t know about you all, but I found myself smirking and chuckling inside during Sue’s discussion because of the rapid barrage of questions and theories. I enjoyed it a lot because of the open-endedness of her discussion. She seemed very passionate and knowledgeable on what social media might be. She obviously has thought about it in great depth. I could barely wrap my head around a question before she threw out two or three more in succession. A bit reflective of how our media has developed. We are constantly bombarded with information as we socially surf on the web. It’s hard to know what information to take and what to leave. We surely do not stop to think about the how or why our information is the way it is. I think this is a very interesting topic that will continue to develop and need to be addressed. The theory behind our social media world may have been somewhat conceived by Mr. Tim Lee, but I wonder if he ever imagined it would grow to the extent that it has today.
Sue didn’t quite make a social media theorist out of me today, but she definitely made me think in ways that I hadn’t before. Anyone else?
I totally agree, she had a lot to say and a limited amount of time to say it. She was definitely very educated on the subject and it would be interesting to learn more about what she has researched. Social media is at its very beginning and has a lot of room for improvement. Social media could be a very useful tool in many different fields especially in spreading awareness in trying to invoke change.
ReplyDeleteI was formally unaware of some of the websites she showed us especially the one where people in the community help their neighbors by lending them tools and other things. It's really neat that people come together and help each other when the internet makes it easy to do so.
Definitely a lot of concepts to parse - I'm not particularly sure what I really grabbed a hold of. I loved her enthusiasm and passion and was inspired by her knowledge and delivery. Like her, I am also somewhat fascinated by the way contemporary events have unfolded on the internet. The question she posed about social responsibility was compelling. Since social media has broadened the conversation, how much should we be obligated to participate in social service online?
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ReplyDeleteI think that's a great question. We consider ourselves, as Americans, to be socially responsible. We all think we'd "do the right thing" when it came down to it. (Whether that is true or not is up for debate.) Now that we are all online and connected to the world through the internet- where do we step in? How much should we be held accountable for in regards to social good? If you hold a strong opinion about something, should you share it online? Should you be open to the debate it might open? At what point do we say 'not enough' or 'too much' with social media?