Lab+Seven

Lab 7:

Social networks are a cheap and effective way of interacting with society that can help any cause, wether it be something as small as a personal message or as big political campaign. The article “Put Social media to work for you” talks about Naheed Nenshi and his race to become the Mayor of Calgary.

Naheed’s won the election thanks to his involvement with social networks such as blogging, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter. By incorporating both professionalism and social media, Naheed was able to win by over 20,000 votes overnight in a very tight election. Naheed continuously updated his status, informing his followers about every decision he made as well as every promise he would make.

Social media is a tool that has recently skyrocketed in usage. They attract audiences form a spectrum of ages. Everyone from the youth to the elder can be marketed. In addition, social media mostly attracts people in their own time, when they are taking a break or a stress reliever from a busy day. Individuals take their own personal time to use these sites and respond to different media tools.