Electronic Media

I have always like the idea of social networking as a business tool but didn’t think there were more media choices out besides email and social networks.  I know about blogging but didn’t know that there is a micro-blogging.  For me, I define micro-blog like Twitter as a way to communicate to people to exchange small contents such as short sentences, individual images, or video links.  Twitter would be a great asset for business, so they can see what people like and dislike about their business causing improvement on customer’s service. Podcasting I have heard about but didn’t know what podcasting was until I read the chapter. Podcast is a media device that users can upload audio or video for people to hear or see. Business can use podcast as a way for conference calls, training courses or other communication activities. This can lower the company expenses because trainees can learn from the video instead of hiring someone expensive for the trainee to learn from. Online Video’s like YouTube is another way for business communications. Let’s say you put a video about your product in YouTube. YouTube users are going to write how they like or dislike the product and that will improve how the product will be created. I still believe that these media devices improve businesses because they influence more people in our society.

Val Morano Week 7.4

Electronic Media

Going into the text of this weeks lesson, I thought I already had the knowledge of electronic media considering my generation. After reading the chapter I was extremely surprised in what I learned. On the business perspective, social networking is very important. Social networking reaches an endless amount of people and is key in business success. Blogging and podcasting have been introduced to me in a good manner. With our interactions we are all having with our blogs and assignments about podcasting I can say that I now have experience in business social media. Microblogging is just another new window that I am very excited about. I always said I would never obtain a Twitter, but now that I am participating in microblogging and teasers in Twitter, I am hooked. My overall view of social networking as changed significantly. In a strange way I almost have more respect for social networks like Twitter. My perspective at first was that they were places that teenagers went to vent about their feelings. Now that I am following strong organizations and important figures I see now that they are promoting and inspiring our society. I am very intrigued and I plan on remaining an addict of social networking.  

Lindsey Driskell Week 7.4