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Kettering Thesis for Genesee County Road Commission Lee Knepper – Co-op. Web 2.0 (Social Media). Social Media: A web based technology to change media monologues to dialogues. No longer is the web a one way conversation. Social Media: What. Social Media: Why.
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Kettering Thesis for Genesee County Road Commission Lee Knepper – Co-op Web 2.0 (Social Media)
Social Media: A web based technology to change media monologues to dialogues. No longer is the web a one way conversation Social Media: What
Social Media: Why • Get input from citizens before decisions are made. • Give the citizens information quicker and easier. • Create a relationship with citizens by interaction. • Network with other road commissions and companies to discover ideas we may not have thought of, or technology we don't know about. • Identify and correct misinformation.
Social Media Program: How • Social media program: a system of websites and services to achieve the following objectives • Receive updates while in a social networking site • Get feedback from citizens • Allow them to participate in questions, debates and decisions. • Maintain a friendly personality
Social Media System: How (Implementation) • Social media system was created using these sites • Facebook: Discussion boards and provides updates • Twitter: Provides short updates to those using Twitter • YouTube: Video hosting • Flickr: Image hosting • Polldaddy: Polls and surveys • RSS pages: News feed capable of replacing Notifier • (All but RSS and Polldaddy can be commented on) • Personality is provided by the users updating and monitoring.
One of these is embedded into the side bar of the website, so everyone visiting the site will see them. Poll Examples
Current Usage: • Facebook: 56 followers • Twitter: 42 followers • Flickr: 6,829 Views, 57 commented on, 52 flagged as another users favorite image. • YouTube: 233 channel views, 114 upload views • February 4th 2010 TO May 25th • Polldaddy: 393 responses over 5 polls. • RSS:5,452 hits in April 2010 for 8 Feeds
Summery • System allows interaction with citizens, and promotes goodwill. • System can be used to proactively get the public's opinion on a decision or idea. • Multiple sites give the public multiple ways to get the information they are interested in. • Multiple media formats allow information to be given in the most efficient and interesting means possible.