The next unit of study in our Communications Class is appropriately covering the "social media" while studying the book Content Nation: Surviving and Thriving as Social Media Changes Our Work, Our Lives, and Our Future. Dun Dun Dun.
While I have not always been a fan of the "social media," and the title seemed almost ominous and foreboding to me, the first couple chapters were not only interesting, but informative. I must admit, I have come to let a few social media sites rule my life (not an exaggeration), I've never thought too much about its structure and influence until now.
First and foremost, the book of faces is my go-to guy for my procrastinating and stalking (just kidding) tendencies. Actions I associate with facebook are stalking (just kidding, again), "updating" the all-important status, commenting walls/pictures/videos etc, uploading pictures, and all that other fun stuff. My new favorite thing is the "like" button, to be clicked when you have strong positive feelings about a comment, picture, yadda yadda yadda. I try to use it sparingly, but i like EVERYTHING. I'm wondering why they don't have a dislike button though. I'm sure its coming soon.
I've also recently resigned myself to the world of youtube. I was originally not a fan because lets face it, not everyone has amazing movie making abilities (like my group). Now though I'm starting to realize there is some real entertainment lurking in the millions upon millions of videos posted every day. Some actions I associate with youtube include, uploading and watching (obviously), commenting, linking, embedding, and sharing.
As for twitter, myspace, and all those other social media sites, I'm staying clear for now. I waste too much of my life already thank you very much. On the other hand, I'm starting to recognize the many positive aspects of this social media frenzy. Thanks, Content Nation!
"The pieces of a new kind of future are falling into place rapidly-so rapidly that many people aren't capturing just how different the future will look when it's complete." - Content Nation
I also use Facebook, but I'm just not interested in Twitter and Myspace like you mentioned. I think I'm similar to you...I don't want to become a full-time subscriber to more than one social media site. I just don't think I could handle it, and I would probably be overwhelmed and lose interest. That quote's interesting too...even though technology is constantly changing all around us, I feel like we have no idea what it will all amount to, and how things will really look in the future.
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