Liking, loathing and lethargy on the social web.

A blog about the influence of social media on organisational communication.

A Platform for Collaboration or Manipulation? Social Media or Mob Mentality? HeyASIO Can You Help Me With My Social Media Trust Issues? On The Anti-Social Network.

Helping us to connect or disconnect? Skip to primary content. Whether we use it to find jobs, help out a cause or stay connected with friends and family, social media and the platforms through which we interact, are valuable resources to us. But what price do we place on the connections we make through social media and do we potentially devalue some connections in the process of favouring others? Within this global commun.

The balancing act for organisations in engaging in two-way communication while pursuing strategic objectives in social media. The strength of social media lies in the ability to listen.

Post-print media in a post-digital age. The decline of newspaper circulation. Could threaten the future of journalism and functioning of the largely mediated public sphere central to contemporary democracies. Strong words from Jim MacNamara. Former journalist turned media theorist.

Traditionally audiences have been passive receivers of information from mass news media apart from the odd letter to the editor. This view is supported by communications scholar, Jim MacNamara.

Social media has also made experts and respected commentators more accessible, making first-hand information available to us, more accurately informing our opinions. But the catch is that all media does have the ability to, over time, chip away at our perceptions and ideas of things. Take body image, for example. History of media and body image. But many of us know that the image.