Jan 8 2009

Social media: the ties that… blind?

GUEST POST from Chris Martin, @CMPR

While having an amazing “rambling, cover-the-entire world of social media in 90 minutes chat” with @PRSarahEvans today over baked manicotti and steak salad, we arrived at the conclusion that one of social media’s many great contributions to society and culture is that it helps us all move towards a more color blind, gender-blind, everything- blind society.

Sure, this ties into Obama’s election a bit, but when you really think about it, it makes sense.  Social media is all about sharing information and ideas in an interesting and concise manner.  Hence, ideas are the core of social media—who has them, who can execute them and who can eventually get paid for the ideas—the best ideas, of course.

Social media catches the wave of our multicultural society by emphasizing the importance of what you say and how you say it, rather that who you are.  And, while social media does seem to reward the popular among us, it’s not elitist—anyone can collect 2,000 Twitter followers if they put their mind to it and have good content (ideas) to share.

Granted, Facebook and Twitter, for instance, have places for everyone’s profile picture and who among us hasn’t been guilty at peeking at a hot girl’s or guy’s profile picture and following him or her, rather than that balding 46-year-old with the face made for radio.  So, we’re not perfect but we’re moving toward a more perfect union and aren’t unions what social media are all about?

Chris Martin Public Relations represents a wide variety of health care institutions, from hospitals to health care associations. If you seek a PR consultant who can quickly understand your business and translate that into positive, results-oriented public relations strategies and programs, CMPR may be the right consultant for you.

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  1. Heather Whaling said:

    Great post! I love that anyone can rise to the top thanks to social media. There are so many smart people with ideas that deserve to be heard. However, for a multitude of reasons — some of which you touch on here — those people never had the opportunity to be heard. Now, literally anyone who can navigate the world of social media can leave their mark. It’s incredible to think of all the opportunities that open up when we can get past who is saying something — and instead focus on what they’re saying.

    January 8th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
  2. Amy of La Vita Bella said:

    Hey, great perspective. This makes me think the whole social media phenom may have some cultural value after all. What would you call the “era of the social media” anyway?

    January 12th, 2009 at 7:09 am
  3. Danny Brown said:

    Definitely. Of course, it would be pretty ironic if it wasn’t this way with one half of the phrase being the word “social”…

    Where social media really stands out for me is the way that greatness is encouraged. There’s no back-biting (at least not from those true users of the medium) and there’s no competitor mentality – everyone wants each other to be the best we can.

    Obama has a lot to live up to…

    January 18th, 2009 at 1:21 am
  4. Web Design said:

    Social Media is the way of sharing the information and thoughts. Now The People are use the Social media as website promotion.

    February 2nd, 2009 at 11:28 am
  5. printing said:

    hi, This is a nice post….

    August 10th, 2009 at 3:23 am
  6. iyi resimler said:

    I have been reading your blog for a while and it is great. Keep up good work.

    December 15th, 2009 at 10:43 am
  7. resimleri said:

    Social Media is the way of sharing the information and thoughts.

    January 7th, 2010 at 1:45 am
  8. sarki sozu said:

    interesting topic. thank you for sharing

    January 7th, 2010 at 1:46 am
  9. resimler said:

    Social media is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction

    February 2nd, 2010 at 10:20 pm
  10. Megan Fox said:

    Great guest post Chris, hope to see more from you. Definitely an interesting look into social media today.

    February 4th, 2010 at 9:00 am
  11. direk izle said:

    Its a different look into social media. thank you for sharing your ideas

    February 4th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
  12. Aluminum Laptop Cases said:

    Interesting take on social media. Sites like twitter definitely change the way social interactions normally occur. With sites like that you can become extremely popular and respected despite how you look.

    February 5th, 2010 at 3:29 pm