Social Media Advantages

Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable communication techniques. Social media is the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue ( Wikipedia ). Unconsciously, by joining the social media services like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc, We will have a lot of new friends (from virtual), meet again with old friends thus create a more easily rendezvous or reunion. Different with celebrities, with social media, they are more easily met with their fans. The other side, the fans more closer to her idol. Awesome!

Some Experts say, that social media is just kind of word of mouth information through the Internet, that supported by web 2.0. Conversations of Internet users in the world took place in a real time, non-stop, 24 hours with very diverse and various topics. At present, We will miss a lot of information if we don’t follow that conversation in social media. Following this conversation can divided into 3 step :

1. “Present” (sign up and has an account of social media services )
2. “Listening” ( passive but take hold )
3. ” Learning” ( start active and learn of it )

Dissemination news and information trough social media more faster and more up to date than mainstream media such as newspaper, radio or television. This causes many people as citizen journalism.

Maybe, there are still many person or peer group think that a conversation in social media is just a lifestyle. But, on another side, such as business, technology, education and community department there are a golden opportunity. For example for business department with social media conversation can view market review or market analysis, for corporate or community there are ease of cooperation, ease of communication, ease of sharing knowledge in education purposes and many others.

In my country, Indonesia there have been two times mass-raising through social media sites, especially social networking. First, please be remembered about “Coin for Prita” movement and one million Facebook User supporting Bibit and Candra movement.

Last but not least. With the various of social media sites, please wise while online, don’t forget to be authentic, keep your data safely and think before your post. Please, distinguish which can be shared and should not be shared. Where public area and where private area, even in Social media.