Social media is a relatively new technology that our society is using. It is being used as a real-time information distributor and consumer. Gone are the days of waiting for the Sunday newspaper. Shoot, we don’t even need to refresh the internet page we’re on anymore; think about how Twitter and Facebook notify us of new posts.
This new social web is affecting our view and take on current events. For example, the State of the Union address was Tuesday night. Social networking services were tracked to see how many people were talking about the address and what exactly they were talking about. Mashable.com has some good information on this story.
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Sticking to a political theme, last night on Inside the NBA, Tracy Morgan stopped by and chatted with Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. When asked if Sarah Palin was good looking Morgan made quite an offensive remark that TNT is now apologizing for. This created quite the buzz on Twitter and other social media sites with witty responses to his remarks. The top tweet says he would have been more offended if Tracy Morgan had said Sarah Palin was good presidential material.
Back on the court, Jimmer Fredette is a basketball player at Brigham Young University that has been tearing up the nets with how many points he’s been scoring. This led to many NBA superstars such as Steve Nash, John Wall, and Kevin Durant showing their praise for the young hot shot publicly on Twitter.
What I’m taking out of all of this is that in order to stay relevant you must be in real-time nowadays. Immediacy has taken over our culture. We all need to take a step back from the social media every now and again to realize it, and also for some peace of mind.
Tweet of the day:
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Lawyer question: It's still technically murder if you make ironic “air quotes” while doing it, right?
