Creativity

The parody video of well know cartoon characters helps to promote these characters. That's one of the reasons why "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters"In the entertainment industry, content is king. No company can attract any audiences without good content. However, they only have limited time resources to make these content. On social media, everyone is the content creator, if the content is about a cartoon character, then the owner of this character will be happy about the potential audiences it brings. It also shows the involvement the audience have with this character. However, if mashup video portrait a copyrighted character is a bad way, then the owner ’ll probably not so happy.

Modeling Reality With Virtual Worlds

I've never thought people would use Vitural World for Business purpose. I feel that's just not serious enough. I have video conferences almost every day at work with people in our other office all over the world, but still, I feel that face to face commuication is better. Maybe I'm a little out-dated, I find it hard to accept that "The company's Enterprise tool will let employees' avatars -- animated alter egos -- meet in virtual worlds" as described in Going to the virtual office in Second Life by Mark Tutton.

Also, I'm not a person who believe in Vitural world. I feel it's just an escape from reality, and it's addictive, it waster you time, energy and money. "About 70,000 Therebucks on There.com, or 10,000 Lindens in Second Life, each about $40, can buy a choice of simulated wares, from several pairs of thigh-high boots to a plot of land" as described on No Budget, No Boundaries: It’s the Real You written by Ruth La Ferla. After all, you still need to face reality. So, I feel it's ok that some people just relax in the bitural world for a little bit, but it's not worth to become a habit.

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Social Networking Sites

Facebook is a place there you stay in touch with friends. You can share photos, videos, docs and chat with friends, know what they are doing, and where they are. Facebook Page is also a channel to promote a person, group, organization, or company.

Twitter is place for fast info. The 140 characters text only Tweet is a little limited function comparing with other social media, but it is the point of differentiation. So, in the fast paced world twitter is a better place for exchanging concises info.

My Space is more for music and gaming, Right now it is kind of outdated, however when it reached the peak in 2005 and 2006, Facebook was not popular yet. It's a very good place to share your music with friends and fans, as you can see front its front page.

Instagram is one of the fastest grow social media featuring mobile photo. Unlike the other three social site, Instagram relies heavily on mobile device that you carry with you and take picture everywhere. It has different effect to make your picture prettier and you can post it right to Facebook, who acquired  Instagram recently. 

Social Net'g

It is surprised to know that "Social networking technology is absolutely the best thing to happen to recruiting — ever." according to "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" written by Frank Langfitt. Recruiters must be very happy that it's easy to find talent people nowadays. Besides using LinkedIn, recruiters also use other channel which provides information about a company's expanding, merger and acquisition deals, so they can predict the hiring of that company.  

Another area that social site technology is very useful for me is the customer reviewers. Whenever I want to buy something, anything, I always look at the reviews of the product online and compare it with similar product. I feel it's easy to tell if a review is true or not, especially when there are a lot of reviews. I understand that Kristina Grifantini says in "Can You Trust Crowd Wisdom" that "if you have two or three people voting 500 times" that the result won't be very accurate. However, I feel that there's only a small portion of people doing that. And with technology, it's easier to limit the number of times a user can vote.