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Talking in Characters . Social Media and Modern Communication . Phenomena Companies the size of a Country Largest Culture Ever Addiction As profitable as the Coffee Industry Overtaken Pornography in Internet Usage. A not so exclusive club. Classification
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Talking in Characters Social Media and Modern Communication
Phenomena • Companies the size of a Country • Largest Culture Ever • Addiction • As profitable as the Coffee Industry • Overtaken Pornography in Internet Usage A not so exclusive club
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) But, but there are so many to choose from
Short, Sweet,… to the point? • Social Presence • Media Richness • InformationImpressionRelationship • You’ve Got Mail • Verbal Cues • Extended Time Sip Instead of Gulp
Hyperpersonal • Closer Online than in Person • Selective Exposure 2.0 • Selective Self Presentation • Overattribution of Similarity • Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Gulp rather than Sip
We have no friends in real life • Telephone • Email • Internet • Distance with Intimacy Like to Share?
Social Grooming: ~40% • Conversational: ~40% • Pass along value: ~10% • News: ~10% • Self Promotion: ~5% • Spam: ~5% I care, but not really
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 Actually, share
Composed Communication • Private Messaging • Increase Social Capital • Scanning News Feeds • Broadcasting • Decrease Social Capital • One-Click Gratification • Can be either Lonely, I am so Lonely
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.’ Porcupine Fable