Comments on: Is mobile part of social media?

By: Taj Moore

Taj Moore — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:46:02 +0000

Interesting question about the sociality of SMS versus mobile web. SMS is as social as is email: it can be one-to-one, or one-to-many. Somehow, the latter seems more “social,” but that’s largely the multiplying factor on virality of a message. If I send a message to someone that I received, and they send it along to someone they know, that’s still being social in my book. In a way, it’s hard to imagine SMS as not inherently social when it’s peer-to-peer … broadcast SMS is a different story.

As for the mobile web, yeah, that’s just a platform, a substrate. It’s primed to be more social than SMS in terms of the ease in reaching more people, but the messages carry far less weight because it’s so “easy” to send them through social sites.

Twitter on the phone is an interesting hybrid, born of SMS technology, but with smartphone interfaces; @replies are more weighty than general posts, but much easier to send than SMS messages.

By: Wardell

Wardell — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:20:50 +0000

I think a good definition of the word media as used in the term social media is one of the means or channels of general communication, information, or entertainment in society, as newspapers, radio, or television. Thereby phones, mobile phones, computers, and any other type of technology which allows interactive communication between two or more people can be considered social media. Wardell’s last blog post..Create a Rollover Class with JavaScript

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:51:06 +0000

Are you thinking specifically of the mobile web? I almost wonder if I need to treat different parts of mobile differently: for example, is SMS social?

By: Brett Borders

Brett Borders — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:46:44 +0000

I think mobile is some of the most "social" media... all about communicating, connecting, reaching out. I think it's difficult to be a full-fledged member of the globally-connected 'social media' segment without an expensive mobile device and a contract. Brett Borders’s last blog post..The Evolutionary Role of Social Media

By: JustinSMV

JustinSMV — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:06:48 +0000

Hi Andrea, I do believe everyone is correct. Mobile is a platform to use in social media but mobile is considered social media like twitterberry, brightkite etc considered to be a social media avenue. Very good thoughts here. JustinSMV’s last blog post..The 4 Stages Of The Twitter SeeSaw

By: Joel Kelly

Joel Kelly — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:31:27 +0000

To be clear, I was illustrating that the phone is definitely a form of social media. As I've expressed on my site*, I believe all media is potentially "social" media. It's all about the strategy, and the "What For?" of a business. *http://ingenioustries.blogspot.com/2008/12/social-media-is-not-its-networks.html Joel Kelly’s last blog post..Social media IS NOT its networks