The Social Media Revolution Facts!
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Have you posted a Tweet today? What about Facebook? Have you friended anybody currently? Have you read a web log, fact checked and updated an article on Wikipedia?
Congrats, you're a member of the social media. The social media is primarily the culture created in the internet which allows anyone with a web connection to become an official expert on the topic of his choice.
Whether it's blogging about Hollywood, raging about politics or providing your all opinion based take on any topic you choose, this has become the completely new news.
Is What You are Reading Credible!
The main media news outlets are now taking 'news' from some anonymous, some non-credentialed internet 'sources', and are reporting it as validated news. Essentially, our world is becoming a 'if you read it on the web it must be true'.
There is nothing wrong with a media outlet using multiple sources. All news does not need to come directly out of Journalism 101.
Nevertheless, the company of info suffers when all of these sources May be people basically in the know, or they Might be people with a particular ax to mill, prejudice to perpetuate or only plain ignorant of their selected topic.
Thoughts Without Thinking!
The so-called Opinion Based Social Network has also created an environment where vital thinking and thorough discussion just isn't longer wanted or needed. Anyone who has ever Tweeted on Twitter knows this. Other social web sites also encourage this form of verbal diarrhea.
Whatever random thought that comes into the brain must quickly be spewed out, it does not matter interest, accuracy or relevance. Even our government officials, people not known for their love of brevity, have gotten on the random thought spewing bandwagon.
At the 2009 State of the Union address, as President Obama spoke many congress-people tweeted their random musings from the floor of the senate. This type of immediacy could be attractive, but leaves no room for contemplation, for sophistication of thought.
Freedoms of Speech...
The social media revolution gives more freedoms of speaking and being heard. Individuals of all ages and creeds and races are being encouraged to communicate, and everybody has a voice.
When such voices are kept in perspective that can be a good thing. When, however, a sardonic web log post is taken as fact and repeated over and over, this serves no purpose. Any time opinions are turned into fact by virtue of repetition it's a bad thing.
Content at Your Fingertips...
There is really no limit to how and where John and Jane Public can update their social status. Now the vast majority of cell phones enable for this, so from the beach, waiting in line for a bathroom, eating dinner with an associate or friend, what ever random bit of 'news' gets thought up may be quickly posted, no waiting! In fact, some eighty per-cent of social site end users update from their phones.
In today's planet of immediate response to, well, all, the social media revolution facts are such: anyone could possibly get their opinion heard, not everybody can tell a fact from an opinion, and the social media just isn't going away, nor should it.
The social media is in the company of king making, or king killing. The well known media will have an even greater responsibility to confirm credibility as this trend remains. Like people says Every Opinion Matters.
