How do notable individuals use social media?

I think celebrities use social media for the same reasons that ordinary people do, to connect with others but they also usually use social media as a platform to promote their work, e.g. music, film, and television. They may also recommend products that they endorse and spread the word to their fans. For example, YouTube, and Instagram. Many bloggers share through these platforms, they make videos and document their daily life through a vlog.

What are the benefits to being in the public eye and having a PLN?

PLN is a platform that can be used as a place to share experiences and exchange ideas. Participation in PLN not only helps build community but also encourages educators that this learning is beneficial to students. Building a personal learning network allows you to connect with other educators and share ideas and teaching suggestions. PLN is a tool to collect, communicate, and collaborate anytime, anywhere using social media and technology.

Building community with online tools provided by the employer can be limiting, what are the perceived restrictions and benefits?

I think there are benefits to limiting employee access to social media with employer-provided online tools to build communities; it improves employee focus and makes them more productive when they are engaged in their work time. And, reduce the risk of some malware and act as a kind of blocker. I think the disadvantage may be that it can give employees the bad feeling of being monitored all the time. This will make them feel stressed. They may be less motivated by the restrictions that exclude work.

Delivering information in a connected society requires verifiable resources, how to build a PLN to rely on?

I think it is very important to deliver information in an Internet-based society that requires verifiable resources. For how to build a dependable PLN, I think it is important to be selective about what information sources you connect with, and you need to know if the source information is reliable before you connect. After professional research and understanding in order to have more evidence-based identity information. I think the technical part of their community communication on the internet will have professionals responsible for screening and investigating whether the information posted is correct and reliable. Each blogger will also think more about the reliability of the information posted when sharing and creating their own content. This will create more meaningful and valuable information and development for the social platform of the Internet.

How do those, who are veteran story tellers, minimize risk in sharing misinformation?

I think minimizing the risk of sharing misinformation is based on having reliable and verifiable resources in your own community network. What is disseminated in the community should be sharing reliable information. It’s more about these resources and information being authentic and not spreading falsehoods. The key is to make your sources of access to information as credible and formal as possible.

Explore the video provided and reflect on the themes and questions above reflecting on how you would curate your social media with a critical public audience.

In the conversation with Sophie Lui in the video, we know that she can be a representative of female voice of reporters. We can appeal to people through some well-known and influential figures on the Internet not to make improper comments and not to attack others.

Identify the risks and benefits of engaging with a public audience in a media space – what are the risks for a public figure or person in a position of trust (educator, lawyer, government official)?

Benefits of engaging with a public audience in a media space

  • Increase brand awareness – introducing and promoting a company’s products through social medias.
  • Boost sales – when some people start to pay attention to your products on social medias, they will have a higher chance of becoming your customers.
  • Extensive – for example, you can know more writers on a social media through one writer you have followed.

Risks of engaging with a public audience in a media space

  • Insecurity – when some people get close to you on a social media and use some excuses to invite you to register your personal information on their website, then your information will be leaked out.
  • Employee credibility – in the public network, the employees must be trust worthy as they are the face of the company online. Poor responses or answer can cause viral outrage, which potentially could cause the company to lose potential customers.

How to best address negative replies and critiques reflective of your personal values and employer social media policy?

  • Being kind, stern and respectful all at the same time in responses.
  • Respond to the comment or review quickly to avoid more negative comments.
  • Respond with a solution, satisfy the needs of the customers.
  • Be thankful for feedback because a feedback is one of the ways to learn and to improve the product and service.