I asked him questions related to the craft of social media, such as how he interacts with social media as a part of his job, and what mediums he thinks are the most impactful. He unsurprisingly thinks that videos are the most impactful in today's world. Or more vaguely, visual media. I tend to agree with him, as I only read when I make the specific, conscious decision to do so, and watching video and seeing things are a lot easier to sneak into the mind than words.
However, I also made this assignment my own and asked questions that I was genuinely curious to know the answer to, such as "do you think social media helps society, or restricts it?" and "how has social media changed over your lifetime?" I was really interested to see the perspective from someone with more experience than I, and the impact he sees on the public.
I was also interested in his reply because of his opinion on AI and the expanding usage of it in an academic setting. He is very pro using AI in many different scenario's, and I am relatively against the idea. Based on that difference, I was very interested to learn where he comes from on the social media front, where I also have opinions on the usage of it.
I think that my mosaic of an opinion with everything I've learned and seen is that social media, as well as every controversial topic; guns, abortion, voting, AI, etc. It's all a tool, a way that humans have changed the game. It can be used for good, or evil, as all things. It's up to the people, as it's always been. We just need to focus on the people over the tool.
Podcast Link: https://ribaugh.podbean.com/e/professor-brit-rowe-on-social-media/
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