What if Social Media were Modern Culture?

What would happen if we stopped using the term “social media” and instead used "modern culture”?

Attitudes would change.  Leadership would take a broader view.  Priorities would shift.

What would happen?

• “Social media” would cease to be a practice.
• “New media” would be a universal social skill.
• Leaders would capitalize on the pressing upheaval in the marketplace.
•  “Digital native” would cease to be a dismissive of the young.
• Every person would expand their “sociological imagination” through the loose ties of global social networks.
• Governments would prioritize digital infrastructure and make the digital divide a pressing social issue.
• Education would be preparing teachers and our youth for the environments in which they will be operating.
• Educators would build participation and collaboration into curricula as important to social grooming.
• Institutions would stop blocking access and address modern IT and security issues.
• Organizations would operate under missions that value more the “sense-making” that comes from the connections formed than the information flowing through networks.
• Interpretation would trump measurement.
• We would understand the difference between participation and celebrity.

The language we use shapes our thinking.

Comments

[Linda Zimme]

Thanks for stopping by. Glad you like it, Rita. It would change our jobs a bit too, eh? :-)

[Rita Masini]

I love this Linda~