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 are seeing one’s tweets, and that there is far more potential for growth in the…
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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 this. Let’s say you own a website and you count how many unique people view…
Exploring the Satir Modes: Understanding Communication Dynamics for Healthy Relationships
Introduction: Communication is the cornerstone of human interaction, shaping the dynamics of relationships, whether personal or professional. Virginia Satir, a renowned family therapist, introduced the concept of Satir Modes, offering a framework to comprehend various communication patterns and their impact on relationships. In this essay, we delve into the Satir Modes, exploring their characteristics, effects,…
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 called “vanity publishing” because people who did it were said to be going that route…
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 feel trapped or pressured, and too far away, and we may feel a distancing. Interpersonal…
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 the scope of our discussion to critique NLP (since such a critique would cover many…