Everyone knows that today is an information age. Basically, social networking is also an integrated information platform. Compared with other information products or service, the feature of social networking is that it has an obvious correspondence between the information and real users, which makes it become more regular and analyzable. This is the first thing I learnt from this course.
Before the class, I had an opinion that social networking is just a kind of products like 'renren' or 'QQ', which is used for communication or entertainment, and its content is quite simple. However, now I found there are lots of profound knowledge inside. The relationship between users, the motivation of users' action, the influence of the media, all of them are not generated by accident or random. All the information we see on a social networking product is based on the regularity of anthropology, psychology, mathematics, sociology and so on.
Now, inland researchers pay less attention about this subject and very few college in mainland China has this course. Personally, I think this is a deficiency…
The second thing I learnt from this course is the influence of the social networking. In the past, I thought social networking is only a tool like toothbrush -- we buy it and use it, and drop it when we don't need it. But later on I found the power of social networking is much stronger than I thought. The users think they control the products when they are using Facebook or twitter but the fact is that the network also 'control' the users at the same time. Our thought and action are influenced by the social media unconsciously. What's more, the influence not only works on the individuals but also the society as a whole.
Of course, this is not means the social networking is horrible thing. What I want to explain is the great influence of it. It just like a cellphone: the original purpose of it is letting one person talk to another, however, no one predicted it can change the world in so much. Similarly, the effect of social networking now is much greater than its beginning and it is a hard thing for us to image what it will looks like in the future.
However, isn't the unknown thing that makes future attractive and beautiful?
I guess discussion and study of OSN will be hot in mainland China soon, as more and more people use it in their daily life now. Grasp the trend can help to be the winner in the market.
回复删除I can see that you have really learned a lot about social networking. So keep going, hope our team can do a great job next Monday!
回复删除I like your article and the last sentence "isn't the unknown thing that makes future attractive and beautiful". Yes, The course is coming to an end, but the study of social networking is not end. We have a lot of problems to be solved, we have a long way to explore its unseen aspect.
回复删除Undoubtedly, I am also curious about what social networking will look like in future. In my opinion, I believe that our society is in the period of electronic commerce. As an important part of the internet, social networking will be used wider and wider.
回复删除Yeah, of course your concern about social networking is reasonable. And I always tend to think about social networking this way, too. But after the course, I believe the content of the course truly intrigued me and now I would like to treat it more easily. Hopefully there will be a more satisfying online platform in store for us.
回复删除I think your arguments on Social Networking is quite reasonable.
回复删除Look around us, people turned out to be more like "controlled" by the Social Networks instead of making use of it. If we can pay more attention to the deep reason of the being of the Social Network, maybe, we will have a proper relationship with the Social Networks.
Nemo.
I have the same feeling with you.“Before the class, I had an opinion that social networking is just a kind of products like 'renren' or 'QQ', which is used for communication or entertainment, and its content is quite simple. ” Now I know social networking is not just a product.And your metaphor is really interesting.I think you have a deep understanding of social network.
回复删除Absolutely, people gradually recognized the great impact of the relationship among them, especially when such a unpredictable influence is applied in the internet, the most significant delivery tool in the world. As an old saying goes, there are two sides of a coin. So whether such a thing is horrible depends on how we make use of it. And fortunately, there is a good example, e.g Facebook used to help two missing sisters find their way to home. That's one of the benefit of SNS.
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