Social Media

From RCC 2007

“Social media describes the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other. Social media can take many different forms, including text, images, audio, and video. Popular social mediums include blogs, message boards, podcasts, wikis, and vlogs.” This is one of the more explosive and interesting components to me. From the traditional information distribution mechanisms you can draw almost a direct line to the “Citizens Journalism” equivalent

Print/Newspapers   Blogging
Radio  Podcasting 
TV  Vlogs 

But instead of air waves or news stands the distribution methodology for this media is RSS. The collaboration no longer needs to happen in a board room or in a cubicle farm it can happen anywhere you can get an Internet connection. As a result the once exclusive club of Journalists writing for a magazine etc. is now open and available to everyone. Like all things that are open it can be a good thing and a bad thing. The distinguishing factor we are developing is an online reputation. You are responsible for your reputation and voice and we are moving into a time when the bloggeratzi are separated from the serious bloggers/podcasters/vlogers etc. Where a trusted source of information is just that and the noise generated by the masses will either meet our social standards for quality or will be relegated to the equivalent of the grocery store check out line. You will have your Edward R Murrow quality media and your National Enquirer quality of the social media spaces. Make no mistake the traditional media will be involved as well adopting the new technology just like everyone else.

For more information feel free to contact

John Anthony Hartman

President

Feedia

503.616.4406

info(at)feedia.net