Comments on: Disconnecting from the audience http://www.jlittau.net/?p=522 Teaching, thinking, research, and training in multiplatform journalism Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jeremy http://www.jlittau.net/?p=522&cpage=1#comment-208 Jeremy Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:29:16 +0000 http://www.jlittau.net/?p=522#comment-208 Craig- No shock we agree, as I'm a big fan of your site and what you're doing at DePaul in your Twitter class. I think you're right about the information pushing. The big mistake I keep seeing with traditional media on these social media outlets is they are basically trying to use it to break news and push content. There's room for that and a lot of us do it, but an approach that narrow leaves the social part out of social media On the give and take: My gut is that your very credibility in the social media environment depends on you being part of the conversation and not just talking. So being a part of it is so vital that I'm not sure you're really even using it if you aren't participating. Craig-
No shock we agree, as I’m a big fan of your site and what you’re doing at DePaul in your Twitter class. I think you’re right about the information pushing. The big mistake I keep seeing with traditional media on these social media outlets is they are basically trying to use it to break news and push content. There’s room for that and a lot of us do it, but an approach that narrow leaves the social part out of social media

On the give and take: My gut is that your very credibility in the social media environment depends on you being part of the conversation and not just talking. So being a part of it is so vital that I’m not sure you’re really even using it if you aren’t participating.

]]> By: Craig Kanalley http://www.jlittau.net/?p=522&cpage=1#comment-207 Craig Kanalley Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:01:30 +0000 http://www.jlittau.net/?p=522#comment-207 Glad to read a more in-depth take from you on this situation. I agree with you. The greatest concern is the disconnect form the audience and lack of transparency. But also, social media is all about being human, as you tweeted before, and it should be (IMO) a step away from the old days of journalism when info was simply "pushed" to an audience. Now there should be give and take. I also wanted to let you know that I included your tweet in this roundup of "buzz" about this situation on my Web site Twitter Journalism: http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/09/26/washington-post-institutes-new-twitter-policy/ Glad to read a more in-depth take from you on this situation.

I agree with you. The greatest concern is the disconnect form the audience and lack of transparency. But also, social media is all about being human, as you tweeted before, and it should be (IMO) a step away from the old days of journalism when info was simply “pushed” to an audience. Now there should be give and take.

I also wanted to let you know that I included your tweet in this roundup of “buzz” about this situation on my Web site Twitter Journalism: http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/09/26/washington-post-institutes-new-twitter-policy/

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