Comments on: PR, Customer Relations and Social Media http://stephaniemcculley.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/13/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: stephaniemcculley http://stephaniemcculley.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/13/#comment-13 stephaniemcculley Fri, 09 May 2008 05:33:52 +0000 http://stephaniemcculley.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-13 I think that there is a delicate balance between the use of social media in terms of learning and its use as a procrastination tatic. I think its important that we are learning PR tactics that are still really modern because when we graduate, the modern knowledge we have will be the thing that makes up for our lack of experience. However, the point I was trying to make here doesn't have to do with our learning about the outlets so much as our overuse of it outside of the classroom. One example: Facebook's newest creation, Facebook Chat. It's really interesting, but oh-so-addictive. I think that there is a delicate balance between the use of social media in terms of learning and its use as a procrastination tatic. I think its important that we are learning PR tactics that are still really modern because when we graduate, the modern knowledge we have will be the thing that makes up for our lack of experience. However, the point I was trying to make here doesn’t have to do with our learning about the outlets so much as our overuse of it outside of the classroom. One example: Facebook’s newest creation, Facebook Chat. It’s really interesting, but oh-so-addictive.

]]> By: Robert French http://stephaniemcculley.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/13/#comment-11 Robert French Sat, 03 May 2008 04:58:36 +0000 http://stephaniemcculley.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-11 Hey, Stephanie. I've been struggling with these questions lately, too. I wonder if I have students doing too much in the social network area. Is there "too much blogging and tweeting" line that we cross? Certainly it can go to extremes. Right now, for example, I have students blog once weekly on a PR topic. They write weekly on a local news item and produce a video. Other than that, I only encourage PROpenMic and Twitter, etc. Of course, we do have other exercises like PRXBuilder and more along the way. I know this takes it away, a bit, from the company question and social media ... but, what do you think. Is there a line where too much social media can creep into the discipline? your studies? So fun to see a PROpenMic conversation make its way to people's blogs. I'm lovin' it. So glad you're involved there. Thanks! Hey, Stephanie. I’ve been struggling with these questions lately, too. I wonder if I have students doing too much in the social network area. Is there “too much blogging and tweeting” line that we cross?

Certainly it can go to extremes. Right now, for example, I have students blog once weekly on a PR topic. They write weekly on a local news item and produce a video. Other than that, I only encourage PROpenMic and Twitter, etc. Of course, we do have other exercises like PRXBuilder and more along the way.

I know this takes it away, a bit, from the company question and social media … but, what do you think. Is there a line where too much social media can creep into the discipline? your studies?

So fun to see a PROpenMic conversation make its way to people’s blogs. I’m lovin’ it. So glad you’re involved there. Thanks!

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