Posts tagged with social+media

Ah yes, it’s that time of year again.  It’s the time of year for trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, visiting corn mazes, throwing costume parties, reading ghost stories, watching horror film marathons, and eating way too much candy.  I am of course talking about the spookiest holiday of them all, Halloween.  This year, why not celebrate Halloween social media style?  Below is a list of five ways to add a little social media “flare” to your Halloween festivities.         

While live music innovation is a major trend in social music, it’s not the only trend.  So how else is social media quenching our thirst for discovery in music?  With the growth in digital music downloads record executives had to find a way to track their earnings.  And that problem was solved with the introduction of  the Billboard digital music charts and the iTunes charts.  Although we can track digital downloads, how do we account for the amount of buzz or “listens” a certain artist has in the social media arena?  Meet the hottest new trend in music: social media music charts. 

Each year, more and more social media services are emerging that help make discovering and listening to music more social.  First it was peer-to-peer services like Napster, then it was streaming internet radio, and now it’s about social music.   As our appetite for discovery grows, so will our thirst for innovation in social media and music.  

Few professors are doing anything to integrate social media tools in the classroom.  Facebook, Twitter and Flickr are not just ways for students to fill the hour break between Physics and British Literature; they are important tools that are essential in nearly every industry.  Politicians and businesses—big and small—are using Twitter to keep their followers informed of their speaking engagement or latest promotional gifts.  Writers link to publications and production teams hype up their films.  So why is it that social media is everywhere except the classroom?