Happiness, Vlogging and College Athletes: Our Top Posts in February 2014
Here is a look back on the top posts on Socialnomics in February of 2014. Which one was your favorite?
Four Reasons Why Happiness Is Changing Social Media
Amidst the wildly popular #100happydays campaign, this post provides four reasons why positivity is changing the social media landscape. Here is a brief excerpt from the post:
100 Happy Days weeds out negative social media “noise”. While social media can sometimes cause FOMO (fear of missing out) or the negative
effects of watching someone else’s “highlight reel” while sitting on your couch, the 100 Happy Days challenge is having a positive effect on social media users. This is different from the frequent venting or cyber-bullying that we see on a daily basis in our social media spheres.
Forget Blogging, It’s All About ‘Vlogging’
No surprise here! Video has been a growing trend on the web so this post is a great read for those interested in staying ahead of the curve. Here is an excerpt from the post:
They say a pictures worth a thousand words, well a 1 minute video is worth a 1.8million words according to Dr. James McQuivey of Forrester Research. This is equivalent of about 3,600 typical web pages. So unless you have the time and patience to write that much copy, then video blogging is the way to go.
College Athletics: A Fuel for the Social Media Fire
Who doesn’t love a good college athletics story? This post got a lot of great traction, and started an interesting dialogue about the use of social media in the college athletics space. Here is an excerpt from this post:
Among the thousands of innocuous tweets, non-controversial Facebook posts, and innocent Instagram photos by the majority of student athletes, social media isn’t a problem. When tweets or posts capture athletes in the middle of a community service project, visiting a hospital, or in a glorious competitive moment, then social media is certainly a desirable medium for college athletics. At the other end of the spectrum, there have been firestorms associated with posts by a few athletes who didn’t apply standards of education, thoughtfulness, or common sense. The resulting negative media coverage for athletic programs has left some coaches and compliance officials scrambling to recover from the fallout.
What topics will grab our attention in March? I suppose we will just have to wait to find out.
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