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.
You can pretty much watch a game without watching the game just by looking at the scores on your phone, and any other stats uploaded on a social media website. It makes it very convenient to stay updated on the games going on if you aren't home or have access to a TV to watch it yourself.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with this post. I feel college students have a great sense of pride when their school is playing this time of year and get caught up in all the buzzer beaters and high paced action. They bring their emotions to social media sites and let it all out with play by play commentary.
ReplyDeleteThis post is very accurate and I completely agree. Between ESPN online and all the other social media networks that have people posting things about the tournament, you do not even need to watch the game in order to know who won and what players did well. I think it is great because if you ever miss a game you can instantly watch highlights and get the key points of the game.
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