Connie's Two Cents on New Media

Both blogs and wikis allow for people to share and contribute their thoughts on a platform. Blogs and wikis differentiate in who can write, edit, and publish the content. Blogs are usually limited to one person or admin(s) who is the only contributor. The posts are usually opinion based and raw thoughts on any topic. As stated in the article "Wal-Mart Tastemakers Write Unfiltered Blog", blogs "puts a real personality out there in a real conversation" and "is an intensely personal window into the lives, preferences and quirks..." On the other hand, wikis are able to be written and edited by just about anyone who has access to the internet (with a moderator to keep the content in check). Additionally, wiki pages are separated by topic. Thus, any contributor should be offering information only related to the topic page. In the article "What Motivates Wikipedians?", "content is contributed by volunteers who offer their time and talent in return

I chose to do my project on Social media's influence on new media: positive or negative? Social media has become such a large part of today's society; however, many are iffy about using it and have been debating its effect on everyday events. I intend to cover social media's influence on the world as well as social media as a marketing tactic. I would like to discuss the presence of social media in the marketing world and its evolution over the years. Additionally, I would like to touch upon how marketing strategies would be different without the existence of social media platforms. Without such social media platforms would the world have stayed with old media and could we have advanced to where we are now? I plan to do more research and will provide more detail on this topic.