Comments on: Societal Shift in Communication and Liberty University http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university Engaging People Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:01:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Ben Wed, 05 May 2010 08:50:33 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-1608 Communication is the essence of relationships. It always a good thing when people feel that those who lead them can understand what they are feeling and saying. Communication is the essence of relationships. It always a good thing when people feel that those who lead them can understand what they are feeling and saying.

]]> By: cherylsmith http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 cherylsmith Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:04:24 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-1512 Bradley,<br><br>Sounds like someone's thrown the baby out with the bath water. I know that social media presents some challenges for IT departments, but a complete ban sounds a little extreme to me. Imagine if operations/facilities people completely shut down phone service, or faxes, or email. <br><br>Companies should have policies in place and trust that when they hire good folks, most of the concerns can be adequately managed. <br><br>Oh well, indeed. Bradley,

Sounds like someone's thrown the baby out with the bath water. I know that social media presents some challenges for IT departments, but a complete ban sounds a little extreme to me. Imagine if operations/facilities people completely shut down phone service, or faxes, or email.

Companies should have policies in place and trust that when they hire good folks, most of the concerns can be adequately managed.

Oh well, indeed.

]]> By: cherylsmith http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 cherylsmith Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:56:03 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-1508 Alex,<br><br>There's no question social media is game changing and you're wise to ponder how smart phones will be included. It'll be interesting to watch it all play out! Alex,

There's no question social media is game changing and you're wise to ponder how smart phones will be included. It'll be interesting to watch it all play out!

]]> By: bradleyjmoore http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 bradleyjmoore Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:23:09 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-1506 My company bans all use of social media because of security threats. I had convinced the execs that a few of us (including me, of course) should have access to Blogs and other such sites to keep up with our industry. Six months later IT shuts it all down because of security issues and an uptick in viral activity. Oh well. My company bans all use of social media because of security threats. I had convinced the execs that a few of us (including me, of course) should have access to Blogs and other such sites to keep up with our industry. Six months later IT shuts it all down because of security issues and an uptick in viral activity. Oh well.

]]> By: Alex Cooper http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Alex Cooper Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:51:18 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-1505 This is so true. The same exact thing with Falwell happened this winter also. He cancelled school essentially through Facebook and I was at the basketball game when or right after he did so. The pep band yelled to the other side of the arena "thank you Jerry" and I heard the dining hall was erupting in praise because of the Facebook news. Jerry has nearly 5,000 Facebook friends now.<br><br>What I Really wanted to say was how much businesses have embraced social media. Pretty much every major company has a Facebook or Twitter or both. Even government departments have Twitters to spread news. What will be interesting to see is how the social media integrates into the mobile age of smart phones. Real-time updates from the masses for the masses to the individual 24/7. This is so true. The same exact thing with Falwell happened this winter also. He cancelled school essentially through Facebook and I was at the basketball game when or right after he did so. The pep band yelled to the other side of the arena “thank you Jerry” and I heard the dining hall was erupting in praise because of the Facebook news. Jerry has nearly 5,000 Facebook friends now.

What I Really wanted to say was how much businesses have embraced social media. Pretty much every major company has a Facebook or Twitter or both. Even government departments have Twitters to spread news. What will be interesting to see is how the social media integrates into the mobile age of smart phones. Real-time updates from the masses for the masses to the individual 24/7.

]]> By: Kevin Giedd http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Kevin Giedd Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:18:12 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-657 Social media is a real-time, digital, multi-media form of mass communication. One characteristic of the communication style of primary oral learners (who may be illiterate) is that communication happens face-to-face, and is therefore real-time and audience-specific. Social media is also real-time. Speaking of real time, right now the majority of the world's population, and even the majority of Americans, can still be considered primary oral learners (as defined by Jim Slack), even though an increasing percentage of them may be quite literate as well. Social media is a real-time, digital, multi-media form of mass communication. One characteristic of the communication style of primary oral learners (who may be illiterate) is that communication happens face-to-face, and is therefore real-time and audience-specific. Social media is also real-time. Speaking of real time, right now the majority of the world’s population, and even the majority of Americans, can still be considered primary oral learners (as defined by Jim Slack), even though an increasing percentage of them may be quite literate as well.

]]> By: Kevin Giedd http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Kevin Giedd Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:31:27 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-656 Want to put orality, literacy, narration, and social media in a proper perspective? Put together a panel of experts who have been on the cutting edge of both ends of the spectrum, and have a diverse perspective. Experts on how these topics relate to Christian communication include James (Jim) Slack, J.O. Terry, Grant Lovejoy, Mark Snowden, A. Steven Evans, Daniel (Dan) Henrich, and a representative from the Summer Institute of Linguistics, possibly an administrator, anthropologist, or professor of the SIL Literacy Megacourse. Social media may cause us to reflect on the orality vs. literacy contrast, and see that another consideration is real-time communication vs. static-time communication, etc. I submit to the experts listed above. Want to put orality, literacy, narration, and social media in a proper perspective? Put together a panel of experts who have been on the cutting edge of both ends of the spectrum, and have a diverse perspective. Experts on how these topics relate to Christian communication include James (Jim) Slack, J.O. Terry, Grant Lovejoy, Mark Snowden, A. Steven Evans, Daniel (Dan) Henrich, and a representative from the Summer Institute of Linguistics, possibly an administrator, anthropologist, or professor of the SIL Literacy Megacourse. Social media may cause us to reflect on the orality vs. literacy contrast, and see that another consideration is real-time communication vs. static-time communication, etc.

I submit to the experts listed above.

]]> By: Jason Fowler http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Jason Fowler Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:53:11 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-549 Hi Cheryl, great post! It's funny, I just wrote a post over at Social Media River relating the social media revolution to the societal shift that Gutenberg's press helped begin. Check out the article, my topic deals with the digital divide and how rural America is being left in the digital dust: http://socialmediariver.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rural-revolutionor-a Hi Cheryl, great post! It’s funny, I just wrote a post over at Social Media River relating the social media revolution to the societal shift that Gutenberg’s press helped begin. Check out the article, my topic deals with the digital divide and how rural America is being left in the digital dust:

http://socialmediariver.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-rural-revolutionor-a

]]> By: Bradley J. Moore http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Bradley J. Moore Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:18:36 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-548 It's hard to believe sometimes. I just read an interview with Marc Andreesen (it's featured at insidework.net today) who basically says the internet communication model is here to stay - like, forever. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube are all long-term models for re-creating the way the world communicates and connects. I, hoever, have not yet plunged into facebook or twitter. (although I've got the blog thang going on). I guess I'm a late-late adapter. Thanks for the interesting post! It’s hard to believe sometimes. I just read an interview with Marc Andreesen (it’s featured at insidework.net today) who basically says the internet communication model is here to stay – like, forever. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube are all long-term models for re-creating the way the world communicates and connects. I, hoever, have not yet plunged into facebook or twitter. (although I’ve got the blog thang going on). I guess I’m a late-late adapter.
Thanks for the interesting post!

]]> By: Nick http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/2009/03/societal-shift-in-communication-and-liberty-university/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Nick Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:22:08 +0000 http://www.culturesmithconsulting.com/?p=336#comment-547 Fascinating article! Thanks for sharing your insight! Fascinating article! Thanks for sharing your insight!

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