Monday, February 21, 2011

Social Media and Web 2.0

1.     In my opinion user-generated content will continue to get better over time instead of professional production values dropping. This is because the technology we are creating continues to get better over time. The cameras that we can now use have the ability to shoot in HD. Cameras like these are now available to the market. The gap between amateur production and professional production is closing because the technology in amateur's hands have grown.

2.     The social media site that I use the most is Facebook. In the past few years Facebook's popularity has out grown Myspace's popularity by a large amount for many reasons. One reason is that Facebook has the option of being more private. Facebook is also more interactive between friends. We have the ability to write on others walls and look at each others pictures. Even with Facebook's huge popularity I am not totally convinced that it is here to stay. As time goes on, something new and more unique could come along and take people away from Facebook. I believe this because of my past experiences on the internet. Seven years ago, i did not believe that anything could replace AOL, and four years ago, I did not imagine a world here I would not use AIM. The disappearance of these two things makes me believe that anything on the internet could become popular and then be replaced.

3.     Transparency is a very important to individuals who use the social media world regularly. How we show ourselves on the internet is how we would like others to see us. We are able to create whatever image we want for ourselves online. Sometimes, however, we do not show our true self on social media websites.We often build a certain image on social media websites. I believe that it is important to show our true selves both on and offline, because it shows who we really are. It is more important offline because we have more of an impact on others in person.

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