Social Media Adaptations

How has social media changed our perception of who is a professional/expert in a given field? ex. photographer?
Social media not only allows us to create a personal brand, but to show people that brand. It allows us to become specialists in any given field and create a following of people who can vouch for us. We can easily follow our favorite marketing experts, comedians or industry thought leaders on Twitter. We can engage with people we perceive as experts because we feel like we are learning more from them through our interaction. 


How has social media changed business management?
Social media is changing the way business is done in a lot of ways. It allows companies to connect executives from around the world with one another. Upper-level executives can communicate with lower down managers to create unity in an organization. They are able to collaborate on a set of skills and ideas. Social media also allows companies to create open lines of communications with their customers. Consumers feel like they have a voice and that it's being heard through social media.


What have we lost because of the freedom social media gives us?
I think we've lost a large portion of personal interactions. People often depend on social media for all of their social experiences. It's necessary to balance our lives with real in-person encounters because we learn more from people by observing them and interacting with them face to face. 


What is your birthday?
November 13. 

Because users can post instantaneously, how has this affected the quality of the content?
Because there is not a strict regulatory process for what can be published on the internet or on social media sites, there is a lot of noise to filter through. People are constantly getting cluttered messages and they are forced to sort through a slew of garbage to find a message that means something to them. With the quantity of content available on social media, I think we have lost a lot of quality.