Last night started one of the most publicized events in sports, the NFL Draft. The draft attracts so many viewers and has very high ratings especially this year with the field of players that were gonna be drafted. It lets the fans look ahead to the upcoming season and wonder if they can pick up pieces that will make their team the favorite to win the Vince Lombardi trophy. As well, it renews all the arguments between friends about who will be better and which draft pick will be a bust or another Tom Brady that went unnoticed.
Social media sites also go into detail about the draft, find out breaking news on trades and other things that we would not know when watching it on TV. At times, being on Twitter is more beneficial than watching something on TV. This is because the NFL analysts and NFL writers will post on social medias like Twitter the first time they receive breaking news before telling other people. The whole draft as well can be pretty much followed on these sites because someone will always posting about the most recent pick and have analysis regarding the picks.
There are also so many arguments that stem from social medias because someone posts something about their team and then say something dumb about another team and then there is a heated debate on the topic. This happened on my floor so I saw it first hand that it can be very informative but then it can cause problems that do not need to happen. But all in all it is an exciting time and time to be with friends.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Jersey Shore
Right before writing this blog, my friends and I were just talking about social media and things that people are doing because they are are influenced by it. The idea that hit us and realized that it really has a huge impact is Jersey Shore. The affects it has on kids our age, younger and older are just tremendous. When I would go onto Facebook and Twitter right before the show would come on, all that there would be would statuses about how there is a new episode about to be on and how many people get together and have Jersey Shore get togethers. They would have viewing parties for the show which is a little over the top I would have to say. Like I normally do not even have get togethers for sporting events which is normally what people do. Not have a one hour so called "party" at 10 on a Thursday. However, that is the impact that the show has on people and if you have a social media that you use, it is impossible to not know that there is am episode that is going to be on or already was shown. You would think that Derek Jeter just retired with the amount of posts about it.
The problem with the show is that it causes people on social sites to start talking like some of the people on the show, put up pix of them doing dumb stuff and labeling some of them after them. The show had a big impact and still does but not as heavily as the first couple seasons that it was out. It literally took over every media site and there were articles written about them on other news sites, not just social media sites. It took the media world by the throat and had everyone crazy about it. It was a pretty cool thing to witness.
The problem with the show is that it causes people on social sites to start talking like some of the people on the show, put up pix of them doing dumb stuff and labeling some of them after them. The show had a big impact and still does but not as heavily as the first couple seasons that it was out. It literally took over every media site and there were articles written about them on other news sites, not just social media sites. It took the media world by the throat and had everyone crazy about it. It was a pretty cool thing to witness.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
People Need to Watch What They Say
Recently, most of us have heard Ozzie Guillens comments about who his most inspirational person was and he then responded with the answer of the year, "I love Fidel Castro." Then all of the media and the social media went crazy and people were tweeting like crazy about it. Next the 5 game suspension was handed out, the protest outside was created, then all the heated debates on why he said it went on, and finally the live speech he made to the public. This was a very interesting time because everyone was wondering why he said this and why could he not think of someone else to say instead of him.
That question interested everyone and everyone on social media in which everyone thought they knew the answer. However, due to all the tweets that were being sent out between the analysts and experts in baseball. They were really able to spread the word about what he said and let the public know about it. Without being on Twitter, I personally would not have known about his remarks on Castro and how he respects him and etc. Then thanks to social media and the wildfire it starts, it led to him pretty much getting suspended. The reason for this is that if you think about it, if no one tweeted about it and spread it around, then it would not have been a big deal and he would have never been in this position. However, I personally feel that he could have easily thought of someone else to say that is an inspiration and not have to worry about explaining himself or offending anyone. It was just really dumb on his part and he received the consequences.
That question interested everyone and everyone on social media in which everyone thought they knew the answer. However, due to all the tweets that were being sent out between the analysts and experts in baseball. They were really able to spread the word about what he said and let the public know about it. Without being on Twitter, I personally would not have known about his remarks on Castro and how he respects him and etc. Then thanks to social media and the wildfire it starts, it led to him pretty much getting suspended. The reason for this is that if you think about it, if no one tweeted about it and spread it around, then it would not have been a big deal and he would have never been in this position. However, I personally feel that he could have easily thought of someone else to say that is an inspiration and not have to worry about explaining himself or offending anyone. It was just really dumb on his part and he received the consequences.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Opening Day
As most of us know, this week is opening week for Major League Baseball. It is an exciting week because we can finally see our favorite players get back into action as well as it is a sign that summer is near with all the fun moments, nice weather, and no school. As well, social media really plays an important role in promoting it.
Normally social media does not pay any attention to baseball and is always talking about basketball or football, even in the off season like this year with football. However, when opening day approaches, baseball is all that can be seen and read. Yankees, Red Sox mainly, and those few poor Mets fans who just hope they will not come in last place in the division this year. These are the main people that I see writing on social media and there is no talk about other sports for once. It is just good old baseball being talked about and social media plays a big part of others knowing that it is opening week. Without it, many people would not know but since everyone is talking about it, many more people are paying attention to it. I enjoy that more people are talking about it because it is my favorite sport and I feel at times it can be overshadowed by other sports. It is just exciting to see all the excitement and hype this week for the start of it and the promoting that social media brings.
Normally social media does not pay any attention to baseball and is always talking about basketball or football, even in the off season like this year with football. However, when opening day approaches, baseball is all that can be seen and read. Yankees, Red Sox mainly, and those few poor Mets fans who just hope they will not come in last place in the division this year. These are the main people that I see writing on social media and there is no talk about other sports for once. It is just good old baseball being talked about and social media plays a big part of others knowing that it is opening week. Without it, many people would not know but since everyone is talking about it, many more people are paying attention to it. I enjoy that more people are talking about it because it is my favorite sport and I feel at times it can be overshadowed by other sports. It is just exciting to see all the excitement and hype this week for the start of it and the promoting that social media brings.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wrong Information
This past week while on vacation there was a man who barricaded himself in his house with a rifle. The town cops were there, cops from other towns were there, the army, and the SWAT were there. Reason for all of this was because they did not exactly who was in the house. If it was just him or if he had taken anyone hostage in the house with him. In the end, it was only himself and he ended up killing himself with a rifle but the cops were there for about 3 hours after that because they were not sure what exactly was going on until they went into the house and saw him on the ground dead.
Reason for sharing this you, it is because of what social media was saying about it. I have realized that social media can share the correct info with people but as well, once someone says something that is incorrect it spreads like wild fire. Then before I know it, there is like 10 different stories of what happened. For example, during this incident last week, my friend lives across the street from the house and saw exactly what was going on and was texting me with the details on what was going on and what happened. Then my other friend was texting me and said, "I was reading on Facebook and it said that the guy killed his daughter, his ex-wife, and then went to his girlfriends house and killed her and then himself". That is almost 100% incorrect and it came from social media of course. I just laughed because once someone posts something on social media it changes it story constantly until its almost completely wrong. It is just the way it works and we have to realize that and not completely believe what is wrote by several people because then that means that it is most likely a hot story in the town. As well, an incorrect one like in my case.
Reason for sharing this you, it is because of what social media was saying about it. I have realized that social media can share the correct info with people but as well, once someone says something that is incorrect it spreads like wild fire. Then before I know it, there is like 10 different stories of what happened. For example, during this incident last week, my friend lives across the street from the house and saw exactly what was going on and was texting me with the details on what was going on and what happened. Then my other friend was texting me and said, "I was reading on Facebook and it said that the guy killed his daughter, his ex-wife, and then went to his girlfriends house and killed her and then himself". That is almost 100% incorrect and it came from social media of course. I just laughed because once someone posts something on social media it changes it story constantly until its almost completely wrong. It is just the way it works and we have to realize that and not completely believe what is wrote by several people because then that means that it is most likely a hot story in the town. As well, an incorrect one like in my case.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Facebook Photos
With the recent surprise of warm, spring like weather in early March.
Everyone is pulling out all of their summer cloths because 65 feels like 85
after coming out of winter and its cold weather. On social media sites,
especially on Facebook, people are constantly posting about it but one aspect
that stuck out to me is the posting of pictures of themselves in their summer
cloths. It has mainly been all girls that are doing it but there are probably
guys who do it as well. They are showing off their shorts, tank tops, dresses,
and etc. With the pictures, they put a title on top of their photos like:
Spring fevers, summer weather, love this weather, cute new shirt, and so on. I
find it kind of funny, because during the winter, girls did not put up this
many pictures of themselves as they are now. Within the past couple days; I
have probably seen as many pictures of girls in the past two days as I did in
about a month or so in the winter. It is as though they feel they are obligated
to tell everyone that they have their summer cloths on and show everyone that
the weather is nice even though we all know that it is.
I may seem as though I am annoyed or are talking down on them, but I am not trying to come across as being mean. I have just kept noticing this trend of how girls like to show off the clothes they wear in the spring to tell everyone it is warm out. While in the winter there is half as many of these pix. I found it to be kind of comical and when the rest of the guys on my floor said that they noticed the same thing, I felt that I needed to blog on the topic to see if others agree and have noticed the same thing.
I may seem as though I am annoyed or are talking down on them, but I am not trying to come across as being mean. I have just kept noticing this trend of how girls like to show off the clothes they wear in the spring to tell everyone it is warm out. While in the winter there is half as many of these pix. I found it to be kind of comical and when the rest of the guys on my floor said that they noticed the same thing, I felt that I needed to blog on the topic to see if others agree and have noticed the same thing.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
March Madness
For those who do not know, one of the greatest weeks of the year and one of the greatest months of the year is here again. This week is Championship Week for college basketball and then the week after starts March Madness, which is the Division 1 basketball tournament to determine the National Champion. Reason for bringing up March Madness is that it may be one of the most publicized tournaments of the year from a social media perspective. All social media sites go absolutely crazy and there are constantly updates on all the games whenever a huge upset happens or when important games are on. Whatever the circumstance, social media sites are always updated with the most current scores, upcoming games, and analysis of games already played. We can pretty much not watch the games live because we can see everything we need on these sites.
My friend next door is a prime example of this topic. He watches every game, will post on anything exciting that happens, or complain about anything that happened during the course of the game that will keep us updated on little details we may not have known if we saw highlights of the game. He is one of many who do this and it helps support the reason for social media and its significance during March Madness. Without any of these media sources, we would have to actually sit down and watch the game or watch the highlights on TV which can be an inconvenience for many since we are heavily on our computers all the time.
My friend next door is a prime example of this topic. He watches every game, will post on anything exciting that happens, or complain about anything that happened during the course of the game that will keep us updated on little details we may not have known if we saw highlights of the game. He is one of many who do this and it helps support the reason for social media and its significance during March Madness. Without any of these media sources, we would have to actually sit down and watch the game or watch the highlights on TV which can be an inconvenience for many since we are heavily on our computers all the time.
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