Author: Robert Bacal
What Platforms and Tools Are Considered Part of Social Media?
Almost Anything! When one develops definitions of a “something” it is desirable to define what things are included in the definition, and what things are NOT included in the definitions. The less things that are excluded, the less useful the…
Online Communication Inferior To Print, Research says
Limits on Social Media Communication Effectiveness Research Shows That Reading On A Screen Is Much Inferior To Reading In Print One of the problems about how people use social media to communicate is they fail to recognize that each platform has…
Social Media: The Chameleon YOU Shape
Social Media Platforms Are What YOU Make Of Them What Does It Mean When People Say: “Twitter Is Whatever You Want It To Be”? One of the really fascinating things about social media is that people who use it (let’s…
Why Twitter Communication Is Hard
The Challenges Of Effective Communication On Twitter According to recent statistics, over 600 MILLION tweets a day are sent. That’s a staggering amount of participation, and presumably, those sending those tweets are trying to communicate with others. Except, apparently, there’s…
How is Twitter particularly prone to viewers distortion syndrome (ie. appearance of many more “readers” than actually exists)?
Of the major social networking or media sites, Twitter has experienced the fastest growth, particularly in 2009. Celebrities have promoted it causing a lot of people to sign up. That success contributes to the illusion that a lot more people…
What Is The Viewers Distortion Syndrome as It Applies To Social Media
How We Overestimate the Reach and Influence of Social Media Tools The “Viewers Distortion Syndrome” is a term developed by Robert Bacal to describe the situation where the number of viewers, or communication recipients is drastically OVER-ESTIMATED. It works like…
Difference Between Vanity Social Media Writing and Purposeful Writing
Are you writing for ego, or writing for a purpose? Writing For Social Media For Business Is Different Than Vanity Writing If you are familiar with book publishing, you’ll probably know that self-publishing, in the old days used to be…
The MAIN Difference For Writing On Social Media
Social Media Readers Want To “Get To Know You? What’s The Main Difference Between Writing For Print, and Writing For Major Social Media Platforms? The biggest difference between the more formal writing one reads in newspapers (or used to) and…
What Is Communicating Via Time and Space?
Interpersonal Space and Punctuality/Time – Both Communicate! Most people are aware that interpersonal space and how we use it communicates to others. We all have a kind of comfort zone where we are most comfortable communicating. Too close and we…
Neurolinguistic Programming and Non-Verbal Behavior – A Caution
Why We Don’t Include NLP Techniques In Our Discussion of Non-Verbal Behavior Neurolinguistic Programming, or NLP, has become a common way for many non-psychologists to talk about human thinking and communication. It’s a pop psychology version. While it’s way beyond…
Myths and Misconceptions About Listening
Common Misconceptions About Listening Listening ability is related to the intelligence of the listener Research indicates that while there may be a slight link between the intelligence of the listener and listening ability, the relationship is very slight. Daily…
