Newhouse Social Media

Newhouse Social Media

Newhouse Social Media  //  Curated by colleagues from the 2012 MAYmester PRL530 Social Media for Public Relations class in the Public Relations Master's Program at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

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Jul 6 / 5:17pm

[Quora.com] How Google+ Shows That Google Still Doesn't Understand Social

by Philip Ryan Johnson
In July of 2010, I wrote a brief answer stating that then-Googler Paul Adams' internal presentation about social (see: http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/0...) indicated that the state-of-the-art in thinking about social inside Google was much further behind than previously thought (see: Yishan Wong's answer to Should Facebook be worried about Google Me?). Rebekah Cox concurred with me in the comments and a few other people asked us to elaborate. We declined to at the time, because it's complicated.

However, this week, Google's early release of Google+ demonstrates why.

Let's first crack some myths:

via quora.com

Check out the full post over on Quora.

Touches on privacy comparisons between Google+ and Facebook, as well as a possible trend of changes in our socially accepted rules and norms for social behaviors online.

What do you think?

Filed under  //  culture   google+   privacy   quora   social media   social norms   trends  
 
Mar 12 / 10:50pm

Why No One Cares About Privacy Anymore

by Philip Ryan Johnson
At a technology conference in January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his audience that Internet users don't care as much about privacy anymore. The 25-year old said that, in the seven years since he started the company, "people have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people--and that social norm is just something that has evolved over time." Zuckerberg defended the company's decision in December to push users to reveal more, saying "we decided that these would be the social norms now and we just went for it."
via news.cnet.com

Filed under  //  privacy settings   Regulation   facebook   google buzz   privacy   trends  
 
Feb 17 / 11:36pm

2/16 Class

by Kevin Leonardi

Learning about privacy in social media was definitely an eye-opener.  Even though we might try to be careful about our privacy settings and monitor the information about ourselves being posted online, we're all still trying to create an online presence through networks like Facebook and Twitter.  It was interesting to hear about the paradox about how people try to be private while still trying to create a public presence online.  It seems like you really can't have the best of both worlds.  Gina Chen's awesome Twitter lecture was a great follow-up, especially since she spoke of the importance of reaching out to those who are essentially strangers in the Twittersphere.

I wonder if it's even worth trying to be private online anymore.  People in today's day and age can pretty much find out anything about you anyways, so doesn't just make more sense to be open and try to establish an identity for yourself online?  If you try to be overly private, it seems like you might miss out on the whole "networking" part of social networking.

Filed under  //  Twitter   privacy   social media  
 
Feb 17 / 11:25pm

L&Q February 16th

by Katelyn Cozzi

I am not surprised to learn that privacy settings are not enough of a deterrent for companies to access information that they would like to find about a person. It is however, unnerving to realize that social media and the Internet now make us so much more accountable for what we say and do than ever before. Especially for those in the public eye, any wrong word or picture could turn into a PR nightmare for them that cannot be erased. I know many students, including myself, have been slowing accepting what we never wanted to accept: the fact that social media is no longer a way to replace chatting with friends, but instead a public image that must be maintained. We have to keep in mind that although we may say or do certain things in talking to our friends in real life, we cannot always use Facebook or Twitter to imitate these types of conversations. I keep thinking of something I saw in the news a few months ago about Terry Moran from ABC, who Tweeted about Obama calling Kanye West a "jackass" during an off-the-air, informal conversation. 

This leads me to my question(s): What can be done to preserve our right to joke around and be ourselves, when we all have to watch our step to preserve our social media/online image? Will laws be passed regarding privacy on sites such as Facebook? And, if Facebook does start to lean towards a more public, rather than private, networking site to compete with Twitter, who else could potentially come in to corner the market for a social site that can maintain social privacy between friends and leave professionalism out of it? Could this even be achieved in this day and age of information access?

Filed under  //  Twitter   facebook   privacy   professionalism  
 
Feb 16 / 11:14pm

Internet Privacy

by Lauren Baer

I found the “e-mail is as public as a postcard” analogy to be a very interesting one. We use e-mails to send all kinds of information to one another. The rapid use of e-mail leaves us very vulnerable. As a general rule, you should never send anything over an e-mail that you wouldn’t write down on a postcard that anyone in the world could see. When you send an e-mail, your “postcard” goes through many other computers before arriving at its destination. Of course we all know that it is impossible to keep e-mail contained to just what can be placed on a postcard. Especially in business settings, people are constantly traveling and the best way to discuss business transactions is via e-mail.

My Question is: How can you be sure that anything is safe over the internet? Many people do their banking over the internet. Banks have placed extra privacy settings on their websites, but how can anyone be sure that they are any safer than an e-mail?

Filed under  //  privacy settings   e-mail   privacy  
 
Feb 11 / 8:46pm

How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off)

by Philip Ryan Johnson
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via fastcompany.com

...how to add sites to Google Buzz, set your privacy settings (a must!), link to a Buzz post, Twitter-like @replies, posting to Buzz through email, turn certain people off, and more...

Filed under  //  buzz   buzz mobile   google   google buzz   privacy   trends  
 
Feb 4 / 11:02pm

FRONTLINE: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier [Watch Online]

by Philip Ryan Johnson
via pbs.org

I love Frontline. They produce some of the best journalism and each episode is always on a strikingly relevant topic.

Their February 2nd episode digital_nation is no different, which poses the question, "Is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained?"

In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, Frontline presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world... [and] embarks on a journey to understand the implications of living in a world consumed by technology and the impact that this constant connectivity may have on future generations.

You can watch the full 90-minute episode online now for free at PBS or Hulu.

Filed under  //  Frontline   PBS   change   connectivity   culture   digital   digital media   digital nation   future   generation   interconnectedness   mass media   media effects   media literacy   nation   privacy   social media   social networking   society   students   technology   trends   video   youth  
 
Feb 1 / 7:19am

More Data Showing Employers' Concern With Your Social Media Profiles

by Philip Ryan Johnson
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via nevillehobson.com

Just another nudge about the importance of portraying a transparent image online. Yes, use those Facebook privacy settings to your advantage. Transparency, however, may be the better strategy—treat all your social media profiles as if possible recruiters are watching.

Even if you have mastered Facebook's privacy settings, it still doesn't eliminate the chance that a possible employer is friends with one of your friends who has access to last weekend's photos.

Filed under  //  career   employability   employers   facebook   jobs   personal brand   privacy   recruiters   reputation  
 
Jan 26 / 6:13am

Better Than Googling Yourself - Find Everything About You Online

by Philip Ryan Johnson
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via webmii.com

WebMii claims to "find all online public information about you."

It actually does a pretty good job at scouring the web finding information about you.

You'll also get your PeopleRank visibility score from 0 to 10.

My PeopleRank score is a 4.1 when entering Philip Ryan into the first box, and Johnson into the second.

It jumps up to 9.1 if I omit my middle name, for obvious famous architect-related reasons...

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via Wikipedia.org
Filed under  //  google   name   privacy   search   transparency   webmii  
 
Jan 21 / 10:32am

The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now

by Philip Ryan Johnson
Those of you who edited your privacy settings prior to December's change have nothing to worry about - that is, assuming you elected to keep your personalized settings when prompted by Facebook's "transition tool." The tool, a dialog box explaining the changes, appeared at the top of Facebook homepages this past month with its own selection of recommended settings. Unfortunately, most Facebook users likely opted for the recommended settings without really understanding what they were agreeing to. If you did so, you may now be surprised to find that you inadvertently gave Facebook the right to publicize your private information including status updates, photos, and shared links.
via readwriteweb.com

Just in case Mom is watching you...

Filed under  //  employability   facebook   privacy   status updates