Personal Broadcasting
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As social media becomes more prevalent in all aspects of life, users are becoming more expressive with the use of videos. When people think of social videos, they often think of adverts and marketing clips. However, with the increasing participation of people in social networks and the reliance on technology for interaction, more people are broadcasting using this new way of communication. In the past, the idea of personal broadcasting using social videos was rare or unheard of. People were not familiar with it, and social media had no avenue for broadcasting such videos to the general public. The only way for people to self-broadcast was by showing their videos to close friends and family. Thus, clips ended up as home movies with only a few, mostly from famous people, reaching the masses. Fast forward a few years and, with the introduction of social networking, we have an avenue for people to broadcast their videos. Just like companies who use this system to make their products known, people are also increasing their status by use of social videos. From holiday videos, to wedding ceremonies and other events, people are constantly posting their videos though social media. Personal broadcasting has also been increased by the availability of websites where you can upload your videos and share them with the rest of the world. This has meant that more and more people post their social videos, which reach many more people than they could via their social networks. The leading site for video sharing is YouTube, which receives millions of hits a day. Personal broadcasting is done for different reasons. Some professionals use this method to advertise their businesses, others prefer to use this in a more individual and personal way, whilst many like the attention and want to spreading their message, whatever that may be.
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Play Along TV Programs
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Since the invention of television, constant improvements have been made to make it more enticing for the viewers. One of the latest elements is play along television programmes. The concept of play along television is for the purpose of social interaction. It enables viewers to be able to interact with each other and be part of the programme that they are watching. People in the television industry have started to understand the need for viewers to interact with each other and this enables it. You, as the viewer, can be part of the show by participating; you can also join in on online forums where different people interact as they view the program. Play along television programmes have been inspired by the level at which people are engaging in social networks. This constant sharing, communicating and interacting have come to define how people live, and the same thing is transcending into television viewership. Television programmes need to enable people to communicate with each other by sharing their thoughts and feelings on different shows, the same way as they would share information through other social media outlets. As much as play along TV is trying to bring social interaction into television viewership; it might be too little too late. With the spread of online social media, less people are tuning into television and therefore the idea of play along TV is, even now, outdated. Many people, in fact, do not know how the concept is executed or how to participate. People who do not watch that much television have no idea of its existence. Play along television programmes are a worthy addition to social interaction. But the major downside is the poor reception it has received from the general public. If people could be convinced to go back to watching more television then this concept could thrive.
Tags: TV, Programs, People, Interaction, Viewers
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Social Software Applications
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Social software applications are presented in different forms. They can either be written, in audio form or in video form. Written messaging programs enable people to communicate and interact with their social circle by typing out messages over their computers and smart phones. Instant messaging programmes are the most obvious example of this.
Social software applications are presented in different forms. They can either be written, in audio form or in video form. Written messaging programs enable people to communicate and interact with their social circle by typing out messages over their computers and smart phones. Instant messaging programmes are the most obvious example of this.
Audio software, on the other hand, is concerned with the transmission of sounds over social media. Social media would not be the same without audio software applications, and they have improved the ease of interaction greatly. Being able to make telephone calls is often more preferable to typing out a message.
Finally, video software is the latest additions to the social media world. This has brought in an improved and more personal method of communication. Video chat is now being adapted used by many people around the world and, in certain situations; it is preferred to the other types of social interaction. Video chat gives the illusion of being in the same room as the people you are speaking with, which was the main aim of social media in the first place.
Social media software, however, is not independent and to use it you must own the technology and programmes that go with it. Instant messaging would not be a possible without computers, and video calls can't be made without webcams. Often it is costly to buy the technology in the first place.
As things keeps on changing and improving, it is extremely difficult to predict what new technology and software will be introduced to improve our interactions in social media in the future.
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Power of Smart Phones
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The smart phone is the latest development in the mobile telephone sector and more many people couldn't go a day without their smart phones. With email access, instant messaging services, text chat and the ability to video call, smart phones are a huge upgrade on traditional telephones. The ability to improve social interaction has been magnified. It is not only personal, but also a digital link to the rest of the world.
Smart phones have increased the level of social interaction between people, and now owners constantly communicate with each other. People are regularly using instant messaging services, rather than making the occasional phone call. The feature of video calling has also had great effect on social interaction. You no longer have to imagine the person you are talking to anymore, you can actually see them for yourself.
Another feature of the smart phone that has been a great contribution to social interaction is the camera. This enables people to document their daily occurrences and then share them with the world. Cameras are also used to record events that would otherwise have been missed, as most people do not walk around with their video recorders and cameras out at all times. These photographs are normally uploaded onto social networking sites, directly from the smart phone, and shared with friends and strangers alike.
People who use smart phones have become very attached to them, that they are viewed as a necessity in many people's daily lives. If you have a smart phone that helps you keep in touch with people in so many different ways, you would not wish to go back to an old mobile phone, or worse, a pager.
However, smart phones are not always viewed as being a positive influence on social interaction. With all their features, they have been blamed for deterioration of physical and face-to-face social interaction. People are often distracted when trying to communicate with others given that their smart phones are constantly receiving bleeping. Regardless, it is still hard to deny the contribution of the smart phone to the way we interact.
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Social Webcasting
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Social webcasting is geared towards better interaction on the internet. The main idea behind it is to improve contact between the producers of various videos and the participants, making communication between both parties more engaging.
Social webcasting enables the viewer to come up with their own individual experiences when they are in the webinar. The open platform that social webcasting enables different people, all tuned into the same webinar, to each have a different experience and bring some of their personality into it.
Social webcasting also integrates services and different applications that have been developed by other third parties. Therefore, webinars will appeal more and produce further opportunities for social interaction for the participants.
For businesses, social webcasting enables them to deliver enhanced interaction and participants are able to get more information and understanding of what the webcast is about. The result of social webcasting is a more intimate user experience. The participants are more engaged and it feels personal rather than an activity that lacks special individual attention.
Social webcasting was propelled by the feeling that participants' needs in webcasts were not readily being met. One of which was content delivery. Before social webcasting, webcasts did not deliver content to the participants in an immersive way and often the content was lost.
Another reason for social webcasting is the increasing effect of social networking. People interact massively in social networks and social webcasting caters for this need to collaborate and be involved. Finally, social webcasting also offers a better quality of webcast in comparison to earlier versions, and it has been found that both the creators and participants benefit from this.
Social webcasting connects whatever content the webinar is focusing on to the digital life of the audience. Social webcasting also helps companies to develop a deeper relationship with customers. This means that they will be more inclined to use social webcasting to post information about their products, meaning it can act as a means of advertising. Overall, social webcasting revolutionises webcasts to both businesses and customers.
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Social Media & Advertising
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Advertising was once very limited in its communication mediums, as the only method of advertising was by crying one’s wares in the marketplace. Advertising became more widespread with the invention of the printing press, and has spread even further with the inventions of the telegraph, radio, telephone, newspaper, magazines, televisions, computers, and the internet. Now, with the invention of social media dominating the world, advertising has been changed forever. While this field was once limited to the printed word, newspapers and magazines today are finding that fewer and fewer people are buying printed media of any sort. Local TV stations are losing followers, and even national networks are noticing that more and more people are following their TV programmes online. Experts are realising that social media sites are the most effective platforms for advertising. More than 750 million Facebook accounts exist, and millions of people watch viral videos on YouTube on a daily basis. While these are the main social media sites, there are hundreds of sites with many more visitors that never visit either Facebook or YouTube. With so many people visiting these sites every day, advertising experts would be wasting an invaluable resource if they neglected to promote businesses on these social media sites. If only 1% of the people on Facebook saw an advertisement every day, that would still be more people than would see a physical advertisement in an entire month in major cities like New York, Tokyo, or Mexico City. As a result, social media sites are becoming the main platforms for companies to advertise, as millions of people share common interests that would cause them to pay attention to advertisements on their social media page. Social media sites provide advertisers with the ability to reach an exponentially larger audience than they ever could with printed or televised advertisement, and the range of demographics is far more expansive than could ever be achieved by any other form of advertising media.
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Is Your Blog Social Savvy?
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The internet is full of blogs that contain useless information that no one will ever see, yet these sites muddy up the waters and prevent real information from being found. Unless blogs and websites are made to be as social savvy as their readers, there is no way that they will ever obtain an audience in the world of instant communication. For those looking to start a blog, here are some tips to help convert the blog into a social savvy platform for business or communication: • A first impression is vital, and most people will make up their minds about a blog in the first 5 seconds of reading it. In order to keep people interested in the social platform, make the blog attractive and offer information that will cement a positive reputation in people’s minds. • Make people interested in what is being posted on the site. Those who feel that they are obtaining something from the site will be likely to stick around, as everyone wants to know “what’s in it for me?” • Blogs should be a stepping stone to invite people to other social media sites. If a blog is designed to be a method of social interaction, it should contain links to blogger’s social media pages. Only through these links will people be able to interact with the person running the blog. • Never let broken links remain broken, but make repairs immediately. • Provide a method of contacting the blogger. Many people would love to get in touch with the person running a blog, but there is no email, phone number, or social media page to contact the person. The lack of interaction will usually cause a loss in followers. • Make it easy for browsers to find exactly what they want by making the navigation simple and easy to understand.
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Celebs’ Inspiring Quotes
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There are many famous historians, politicians, sports figures, and writers who have words of wisdom to share, and there are many places to obtain inspiring quotes that will lift the spirits and help to promote motivation. Some of the people who suffered the most produced some of this type of quotes, and the following compilation is designed to help provide positivity: The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. – Ann Landers I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles: the character of an honest man. – George Washington. The only thing you can never change is your values. – Michael Johnson A good character is the best tombstone. Those who have loved you and were helped by you will remember you when the forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. – Charles H. Spurgeon Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular or easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. – Margaret Chase Smith What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A general is just as good or as bad as the troops under him make him. – General Douglas MacArthur Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves. – Lao Tzu The real leader has no need to lead; he is merely content to point the way. – Henry Miller
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Videophone Communication
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A latest technological advancement in communication is the videophone, a telephone which incorporates video transmission in its function. Not only can you hear the person you are calling; you can also see them, and vice versa.
Videophones are especially ideal for individuals who are deaf and speech-impaired, as they can use them with sign language. There are also video relay services employed to communicate with hearing persons who are not conversant in sign language. Video relay services involve a third party, a sign language interpreter, who uses a conventional telephone at the same time to communicate with the deaf person's party.
Videophones have made telemedicine possible. This is where patients who are in remote locations can receive diagnostic and consultative services from their doctors through videophone calls.
The concept behind videophones has been in existence for several decades, but various challenges have kept them from hitting the market pervasively. Challenges included inadequate and expensive technology and lack of universality. Videophone technology requires the use of high-speed lines. However, during its introduction into the market, it was limited to the usual phone lines with their limited bandwidth. This rendered the videophone experience unpleasant due to jumps in the picture and line noises.
Videophones also failed to gain popularity in their initial stages because early users would find themselves without anyone to interface with. A videophone could easily cost five to ten times more than normal wireless phones, amounts that most other consumers were unwilling to part with.
However, some of the principles of videophone technology have been adapted by users in the form of webcam video calls (using personal computers, with inexpensive webcams, microphones and free video calling web client programs).
With the advent of faster, more efficient internet speeds, videophone technology is making a comeback into the market. A more popular use of videophone technology is corporate teleconferencing. This is where live meetings are held by several individuals of a firm, but who are in different locations. This has saved corporations a lot of travel, money and time.
Although videophones themselves have not caught on, the technology behind them has improved the lives of many. Families with their members separated by distance are now able to see each other regularly through webcam and internet services. Communication in international business firms is as swift as walking into the next office. If this is not proof enough of the imaginable being possible, then what is?
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Social TV Merging TV and Social Networking
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The world today revolves around the latest technology. This is especially true for the younger generation, or ‘generation Y’, who are keen on keeping up with latest trends. Even more so, social networking has become one of the most popular activities. Websites such as Facebook and Twitter are in the limelight. Media technologists have combined a forever in style telecommunication medium (the television), with a new method of connecting to the social world (social networking) to introduce Social TV to the market. What is social TV? In simple terms, it is the joining together of social networking and TV viewing. Technology experts realized that these two entities, though separated in theory, were naturally converging (but needed a little push). There are numerous applications that allow individuals to chat and connect in real time. It was observed that in many cases, individuals would be watching television shows while still connecting with their friends through their mobile phones. As a result, this became an opportunity for Social TV to come to birth. Some of the simpler more observable uses of Social TV are the inclusion of viewer “tweets” during TV shows. Viewers would tweet their thoughts on the show, which would then be streamed in a hashtag on the TV screen. TV shows today also have Facebook pages where fans can give their views on the show, get clips of upcoming episodes and even carry out polls on the episodes and actors. Social TV is a relatively new development, and various other expansions are underway. These are meant to further ease the social interaction during TV viewing. Further, this would allow for social interaction in real-time during TV shows rather than before or after the shows. Some of the Social TV developments already on the market include applications such as IntoNow, Tunerfish and Miso. This is not to say that Social TV as a concept was discovered over the last few years. In actual fact, this was already an idea in 2000, the idea being to create a forum for viewers to interact during television viewing. However, this proved difficult due to the cumbersome shared connections and the User Interface design, as it disrupted TV viewing in general. The breakthrough that Social TV was looking for came with the development of social networking, since this encourages the creation of groups with individuals who share common interests, one of course, being TV. Today, the concept of social TV is no longer limited to the traditional television screen. It now includes the use of computers and hand-held devices such as cell phones or netbooks. You may in all likelihood already be experiencing Social TV, but it now has a name. And if the speed of technological advancement is anything to go by, Social TV will further improve in the near future.
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