Facebook's U.S. Growth Slowing, but Twitter's on a Tear
By: William Prickett
The growth of Facebook in the United States is slowing down. However, Twitter is expected to expand. Twitter’s presence is expected to expand by about 20%. The growth of both companies however is relative to the amount of users already present on the sites. Facebook has roughly 133 million users out of a total population of 308 million in the United States compared to the 24 million on Twitter. These numbers show that Twitter has the room to grow exponentially for the next couple of years. Even though Facebook has slowed down in the United States, it does not mean it has slowed down else where in the world. The importance of this article shows the amount of consumption or growth of a particular social media site can dwindle down or come to a plateau. It is also important because it shows the number of people around the world who are embracing social media. Access is extremely important as well seeing as expansion in certain countries will continue the growth of both social media platforms.
Again, and again fans of basketball were bored of seeing Moses Malone, Wilt Chamberlin, and Bill Russell dominated the paint, until the NBA established the 3 point line, shot clock, and the dunk contest. In 1976 CBS displayed the glorified dunk contest to thousands of Americans via television, which brought a different style of basketball fans.
It’s apparent that the dunk competition in the 2012 NBA All Star Game was quite different than previous years, for example they have no judges this year to raise viewership of the hyped event. The cable television channel TNT encouraged fans to vote for their favorite player by going to nba.com, texting, or tweeting. The industries of mobile media, social networking, and television converged to market towards basketball fans. In fact, texting and tweeting happened to be the one of the most effective forms of voting in this year’s competition. Everyone was texting, or sending hashtag’s to#SpriteSlam, and voting by entering Buddinger, Evans, George and Williams corresponded letters. In addition, TNT advertised the tweets of fans, celebrities, and NBA players on the television screen to promote viewers to tweet. In conclusion to the dunk contest, TNT displayed the post of the dunk champion Jeremy Evan’s who tweeted, “Thanks 2 the fans who helped me get the title @gordonhayward 4 the pass @DwightHoward 4 the advice & @KevinHart4real#alrightalrightalright.” Through the use of tweeting both fans, and players were able to express a sense of gratitude towards the players of the dunk contest.
The biggest change involving the dunk contest is that players and participants materialized the competition into more of a talent show for viewers. The dunk contest seamed to amuse viewers, which could be explained due to America’s constant desire of entertainment: players focused on jumping over a motorcycle, wearing a glow in the dark uniform, dunking with two basketballs simultaneously, rather than performing classic dunks that actually “wow” the crow. It was evident that competitors focused on entreating fans. Many viewers of the contest used Twitter to write about the strange and unfamiliar dunks in the competition, such as Jarret Jack who wrote about one of the competitors dunks, “so he just gon cover the whole backboard in stickers. This aint a refrigerator.” Many people including myself used Twitter to actually express hostility towards the contest including Toronto Raptor’s player Derozan wrote, " Im going for a walk.” In my age I have grown up to see highlights of Vince Carter’s under the legs dunk, Michael Jordan’s leap from the free-throw line and the famous Julius “Dr J” Irving windmill dunk. To this day, social networking is pervasive amongst our city, but the truth of social networking is more important, and less important because users both promote and demean the NBA by the use of Twitter.
Brent Stalley
Social network parenting gone wild
By: Shangru Liu
About a month ago a computer savy dad posted a video on YouTube of himself punishing his troubled teen for making inappropriate comments on her Facebook page.
The punishment? He shot his daughter's newly upgraded laptop with 9 exploding hollow point rounds from his .45 caliber handgun on live camera.
This video soon went viral, garnered to date over 31 million views on YouTube.
I find the video over the top but very funny. The parent did make his point. Although I do not necessarily agree with his way of using a handgun to demonstrate
punishment; but I think parents really need to pay close attention to their children's social network activities. They need to help them steer clear of any type bad
influences and inappropriate informations that their children can obtain from the Internet.
Google+was launched last year and was predicted to counter punch the king of social networks, Facebook, square in the face. Numerous people, including myself, believed this to be true, however; recent studies suggest the opposite. Although there have been over 90 million registered users of Google + since its origin, the real studies suggest the opposite. The major flaw Google + has not does enough to change, has been the lack of distinctive differences coupled with updated enhancements of the social network. There is no driving force bringing people to check their Google+ account. The lack of engagement from person to person and even company to person has been very modest and slow to bring new features up to date. "Nobody wants another social network right now," said Brian Solis, an analyst at social-media advisory firm Altimeter Group. Google+ has not communicated the actual necessity of another network; users are left in the dark. There is also a privacy concern, which caught my eye. Members of Google+ ‘s members have personal results prearranged for them. How does this affect the freedom of searching the “freedom” of the limitless Internet? I do not agree with certain members having different results in a search engine. That is an exact initiative to join Google+; there are too many webs being weaved by the creators. Even some of the key partners are not exactly flattered with the user- involvement. Zynga, the social gaming mogul, has been at the forefront of the lackluster Google+. "So far, Google+ is a nice platform but it's been slow on the uptick with users right now," said chief operating officer John Schappert. There is just no drawing factor to new users which will allow Google+ to take off. Personally, I do not think there is a major flaw with Google+. The problem was that the audience for this new innovation was expecting something much different than what was being promoted. Often times, the public expects life-changing products from popular companies, and this was one of those cases. Google+ was invented for purposes not always intended for the public to know (no comment from Google). Something tells me that the search engine mogul is not done with Google+ and this is only the beginning of monopolizing a “free” Internet.
This article is about a Marine who has used Facebook to express his own political views. The issue that arises is that as a US citizen the Marine is entitled to free speech, but as a Marine he is not allowed to disagree with the Commander in Chief as he has done on publically on is Facebook page. The Marine feels he does not violate any rules because he deals with his Facebook in his own time during his private life. The Marine’s superiors ask him to take down the Facebook page because they feel it appears to be saying that it is Marine Sergeant Stein saying he disagrees with the President’s policy and not Gary Stein the citizen who disagrees. Facebook makes it difficult because it allows people to say whatever they would like but allows the readers to view the producer however they like without the producer and reader being allowed to always converse. Social media gives everyone a soap box to stand on even if other people don’t think they should be standing on it and speaking. Social Networks also cross the line of what is private. A person is writing in the privacy of their own home but their words are exposed to the whole world which creates a grey area over what is ok for employers to control.
Facebook's U.S. Growth Slowing, but Twitter's on a Tear
By: William Prickett
The growth of Facebook in the United States is slowing down. However, Twitter is expected to expand. Twitter’s presence is expected to expand by about 20%. The growth of both companies however is relative to the amount of users already present on the sites. Facebook has roughly 133 million users out of a total population of 308 million in the United States compared to the 24 million on Twitter. These numbers show that Twitter has the room to grow exponentially for the next couple of years. Even though Facebook has slowed down in the United States, it does not mean it has slowed down else where in the world. The importance of this article shows the amount of consumption or growth of a particular social media site can dwindle down or come to a plateau. It is also important because it shows the number of people around the world who are embracing social media. Access is extremely important as well seeing as expansion in certain countries will continue the growth of both social media platforms.
Facebook's U.S. Growth Slowing, but Twitter's on a Tear
Industries Converge for the Dunk Contest
Again, and again fans of basketball were bored of seeing Moses Malone, Wilt Chamberlin, and Bill Russell dominated the paint, until the NBA established the 3 point line, shot clock, and the dunk contest. In 1976 CBS displayed the glorified dunk contest to thousands of Americans via television, which brought a different style of basketball fans.
It’s apparent that the dunk competition in the 2012 NBA All Star Game was quite different than previous years, for example they have no judges this year to raise viewership of the hyped event. The cable television channel TNT encouraged fans to vote for their favorite player by going to nba.com, texting, or tweeting. The industries of mobile media, social networking, and television converged to market towards basketball fans. In fact, texting and tweeting happened to be the one of the most effective forms of voting in this year’s competition. Everyone was texting, or sending hashtag’s to#SpriteSlam, and voting by entering Buddinger, Evans, George and Williams corresponded letters. In addition, TNT advertised the tweets of fans, celebrities, and NBA players on the television screen to promote viewers to tweet. In conclusion to the dunk contest, TNT displayed the post of the dunk champion Jeremy Evan’s who tweeted, “Thanks 2 the fans who helped me get the title @gordonhayward 4 the pass @DwightHoward 4 the advice & @KevinHart4real #alrightalrightalright.” Through the use of tweeting both fans, and players were able to express a sense of gratitude towards the players of the dunk contest.
The biggest change involving the dunk contest is that players and participants materialized the competition into more of a talent show for viewers. The dunk contest seamed to amuse viewers, which could be explained due to America’s constant desire of entertainment: players focused on jumping over a motorcycle, wearing a glow in the dark uniform, dunking with two basketballs simultaneously, rather than performing classic dunks that actually “wow” the crow. It was evident that competitors focused on entreating fans. Many viewers of the contest used Twitter to write about the strange and unfamiliar dunks in the competition, such as Jarret Jack who wrote about one of the competitors dunks, “so he just gon cover the whole backboard in stickers. This aint a refrigerator.” Many people including myself used Twitter to actually express hostility towards the contest including Toronto Raptor’s player Derozan wrote, " Im going for a walk.” In my age I have grown up to see highlights of Vince Carter’s under the legs dunk, Michael Jordan’s leap from the free-throw line and the famous Julius “Dr J” Irving windmill dunk. To this day, social networking is pervasive amongst our city, but the truth of social networking is more important, and less important because users both promote and demean the NBA by the use of Twitter.
Brent Stalley
Social network parenting gone wild
By: Shangru Liu
About a month ago a computer savy dad posted a video on YouTube of himself punishing his troubled teen for making inappropriate comments on her Facebook page.
The punishment? He shot his daughter's newly upgraded laptop with 9 exploding hollow point rounds from his .45 caliber handgun on live camera.
This video soon went viral, garnered to date over 31 million views on YouTube.
I find the video over the top but very funny. The parent did make his point. Although I do not necessarily agree with his way of using a handgun to demonstrate
punishment; but I think parents really need to pay close attention to their children's social network activities. They need to help them steer clear of any type bad
influences and inappropriate informations that their children can obtain from the Internet.
http://mashable.com/2012/02/09/dad-shoots-laptop-facebook/Increasing Minuses Mount at Goggle +
By: Jon Berger
Google+ was launched last year and was predicted to counter punch the king of social networks, Facebook, square in the face. Numerous people, including myself, believed this to be true, however; recent studies suggest the opposite. Although there have been over 90 million registered users of Google + since its origin, the real studies suggest the opposite. The major flaw Google + has not does enough to change, has been the lack of distinctive differences coupled with updated enhancements of the social network. There is no driving force bringing people to check their Google+ account. The lack of engagement from person to person and even company to person has been very modest and slow to bring new features up to date. "Nobody wants another social network right now," said Brian Solis, an analyst at social-media advisory firm Altimeter Group. Google+ has not communicated the actual necessity of another network; users are left in the dark. There is also a privacy concern, which caught my eye. Members of Google+ ‘s members have personal results prearranged for them. How does this affect the freedom of searching the “freedom” of the limitless Internet? I do not agree with certain members having different results in a search engine. That is an exact initiative to join Google+; there are too many webs being weaved by the creators. Even some of the key partners are not exactly flattered with the user- involvement. Zynga, the social gaming mogul, has been at the forefront of the lackluster Google+. "So far, Google+ is a nice platform but it's been slow on the uptick with users right now," said chief operating officer John Schappert. There is just no drawing factor to new users which will allow Google+ to take off. Personally, I do not think there is a major flaw with Google+. The problem was that the audience for this new innovation was expecting something much different than what was being promoted. Often times, the public expects life-changing products from popular companies, and this was one of those cases. Google+ was invented for purposes not always intended for the public to know (no comment from Google). Something tells me that the search engine mogul is not done with Google+ and this is only the beginning of monopolizing a “free” Internet.
Playing Catch-up to Facebook
Marine's Facebook page tests military rules
This article is about a Marine who has used Facebook to express his own political views. The issue that arises is that as a US citizen the Marine is entitled to free speech, but as a Marine he is not allowed to disagree with the Commander in Chief as he has done on publically on is Facebook page. The Marine feels he does not violate any rules because he deals with his Facebook in his own time during his private life. The Marine’s superiors ask him to take down the Facebook page because they feel it appears to be saying that it is Marine Sergeant Stein saying he disagrees with the President’s policy and not Gary Stein the citizen who disagrees. Facebook makes it difficult because it allows people to say whatever they would like but allows the readers to view the producer however they like without the producer and reader being allowed to always converse. Social media gives everyone a soap box to stand on even if other people don’t think they should be standing on it and speaking. Social Networks also cross the line of what is private. A person is writing in the privacy of their own home but their words are exposed to the whole world which creates a grey area over what is ok for employers to control.http://news.yahoo.com/marines-facebook-page-tests-military-rules-234113159.html