social media
Hikikomori – a digital recluse?
In the March 15, 2010 edition of Newsweek, Devin Stewart reports that “the estimated number of hikikomori” is burgeoning. Hikikomori, as it turns out, is the Japanese term for “shut-ins who have given up on social life.”
Stewart seems to suggest that this is related to the miserable economy, where Japan’s massive debt has contributed to [...]
Email Addiction. Side-effects: Stupidity.
Way back in aught 08 (September 2008), I wrote about the building evidence for Internet addiction. The March 2010 Entrepreneur brings us an article by Joe Robinson (“Email is Making You Stupid“) which explores several aspects of technological addictions – including the harmful side-effects.
This article suggests that the burgeoning amount of emails, instant messages, tweets, [...]
Facebooking, authentically
Contrary to the expectations of many (myself included), a recent study suggests that individuals might express a more authentic personality/self through social media (e.g. Facebook) than in person. Read Sarah Perez’s description of the study and its implications here.
Influence & Twitter
Michael Krigsman describes how to measure influence on Twitter in “Social networking: Influence, follows, and ‘nexus leaders.’”
[Blog] carefully, for you [blog] on my [goods or services?]
Bloggers beware! According to guidelines published by the FTC in October 2009, writing about goods or services – personally or professionally – makes you a target for investigation by the FTC. Your spidey-sense should tingle especially if you have received free goods or services which you then write about – unless you disclaim your “material connection” [...]
Capitalist 2.0
“80 to 90% of user-generated content on the web, including comments and questions, is created by less than 10% of web users,” according to Rubicon, a strategy and marketing consultancy [1]. The findings included in their most recent report must seem a breath of fresh air to Jack Nielson, who predicted somewhat similar numbers two [...]
Can You Put Down Your Mouse? Your Cell Phone?
It seems very likely that Internet Addiction will be included in the DSM-V, due for full publication in 2012 [1]. Are you surprised? Are you informed? Read more about what constitutes Internet Addiction and how it is impacting people all over the world:
Businesses Capitalizing on Social Media
In the way of an update on my earlier posts regarding businesses using social networking tools, I wanted to direct readers to an article by Dion Hinchcliffe, who does a great job of covering the various platforms for creating online communities.
Read “Ten leading platforms for creating online communities.“
“Naked on the Internet” – Not so revealing
I just finished Audacia Ray’s Naked on the Internet, and I admit to having mixed feelings about it.
Having an interest in any form of cultural criticism, I remember my excitement upon seeing the book when browsing at my local bookstore. I read the back flap and was sold. I imagined that I knew very little [...]
Social Networking Sites: A Business Pangea?
One-in-five Americans now use one or more Social Networking Sites (SNS), according to a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press report, and many SNS are finding the 35-years-and-older crowd to be their fastest growing demographic, as James Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc observes about Facebook. (While, ironically, more and more [...]
