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Social Media for Radio

Social Media for Radio. Dinesh Balliah dinesh@dineshballiah.com www.dineshballiah.com. What’s the big deal about social media?. THE BARE FACTS: Truth be told – it’s not that big in Africa! Broadband is still very expensive for most communities

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Social Media for Radio

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  1. Social Media for Radio Dinesh Balliah dinesh@dineshballiah.com www.dineshballiah.com

  2. What’s the big deal about social media? THE BARE FACTS: • Truth be told – it’s not that big in Africa! • Broadband is still very expensive for most communities • Each social media platform has fairly small subscriber base apart from Mxit BUT - • It continues to grow and slowly becomes part of normal communication practices • Use it to communicate with other parties that communicate directly with our constituencies e.g. community radio

  3. TRADITIONAL MEDIA

  4. FEATURES OF TRADITIONAL MEDIA • Intertexuality • Fixed types, e.g. newspapers, books, letters, magazines, posters etc. • List took hundreds of years to evolve • Narrative = linear • Fixed forms or genres • Scheduled news gathering and presenting • Filtering, gatekeeping and credibility established

  5. WHAT IS NEW MEDIA? • Used to be called ICT’s • Problems with linking new media to technology only = IT • Rapidly evolving • New forms of ‘new media’ emerge daily • Applications provide an enhanced experience of new media itself.

  6. FEATURES OF NEW MEDIA • Hypertextuality • Non-linear narratives • Ambient news & information • ‘Free’ content • Credibility or validity issues • Cheaper publication costs

  7. FEATURES OF NEW MEDIA CONTINUED • Local vs Global • Content sharing • Dialogue – through comments • Engagement with authors • Multimedia • Convergence • Portability • Omnipresent

  8. TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATION SENDER (ENCODING) MESSAGE RECEIVER (DECODING)

  9. MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA (ENCODING) MESSAGE MASS AUDIENCE (DECODING)

  10. NEW MEDIA COMMUNICATION SENDER MESSAGE MASS AUDIENCE

  11. MOBILE TELEPHONY IN AFRICA • Highest penetration and year on year growth • Represents a huge potential for development communication • Majority of mobiles NOT smart phones but basic operating systems which allow simply browsing • Online communications strategy should take note of these points.

  12. WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA? • Online/web-based platforms/applications • Encourage social interaction • Are no longer exclusively ‘social’ • Used for the exchange of short bursts of information

  13. IMPORTANT TO NOTE • Social media does not equal a platform for meaningful communication/engagement in itself • Not a habit in which an addiction can be formed • Cannot be ignoredin process of communication • Needs policies & strategiesfor use

  14. WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA? “Social media are platforms for interaction and relationships, not content and ads.”

  15. KEY TO SOCIAL MEDIA USE • ENGAGEMENT • CONSISTENCY • RELIABILITY

  16. www.facebook.com • Difference between pages and posts • Security

  17. www.twitter.com • Features • Uses: • Networking • Knowledge sharing • Information dissemination • Information gathering • Stakeholder engagement

  18. Google+

  19. GOOGLE TOOLS • Google Search • Google Alerts • Google Trends

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