Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’

27 Dec

[Listening Post] StumbleUpon and Pinterest, something I learned from my students.

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Social Media

StumbleUpon and Pinterest are two platforms I truly learned from my students.

I agree. Facebook, Twitter, G+, etc., all need a headquarter. Blog can play a role as a headquarter.

Public Relations

Sports

I particularly agree with this statement. PR in Sports is a tough job.

The media has publicly condemned Penn State University even though 99.99% of the people associated with the school has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations against Jerry Sandusky. 96.000 students and over 500,000 living alumni have been publicly humiliated and have been dragged through the mud over the past seven weeks.

Sports had too many issues and crises this year. I am pretty sure we will see more and more problems coming out as we have more media channels.

  • AP sports stories of the year by AP

20 Dec

[Listening Post] I envy and admire Chan Ho Park, a former Dodger

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Today was my grading day all day, which means that I did not have enough time to follow any news or stories. But, Chan Ho Park, who was once a great pitcher of Major League Baseball and has been my hero, signed the contract with Hanhwa Eagles. And, I think he sent a message to me as well as many people in Korea.

Sports

The Eagles initially planned to sign him on a 400 million won ($342,000) deal with an option of another 200 million won, but announced plans to donate the money to help nurture amateur baseball, in keeping with Park’s wishes.

I think this is what many organizations and celebrities in Korea need to take as a role model.

Social Media

I agree with his predictions: 1) Measurement is King, 2) institutionalization, and 3) consolidation such as Facebook vs. Google

I kind of want to add one more thing. There will be lots of social media activities related with social responsibility.

I am already addicted to Spotify. This is the change I like the most among all changes that Facebook has made.

Public Relations

Only 52 percent of workers say they “feel valued on the job.”

This quote reminded me one TED presentation, the power of vulnerability, presented by Brene Brown, research professor at the University of Houston. It is really important to communicate well with employees.

OK. Not much, but, please feel free to give me any comments!!

11 Feb

I like who I am.

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My first publication of the year of 2011 was delivered. I am the second author of the article with the first author, my colleague, Steve Hill.

I just got Journal of Sports Media with my study in it.

Title of our article is “New Media, New Audiences, and New Questions: Exploring a Communication Research Agenda for Fantasy Sports.” (Journal of  Sports Media, 2011)

Here is our abstract

Despite the popularity of fantasy sports, scholarly exploration of the topic has been rare. This study explores a communication-oriented research agenda in that area, using a qualitative analysis of data from in-depth interviews with U.S. fantasy-sports industry leaders. In addition to extending the limited body of literature on fantasy sports, the analysis revealed potentially fruitful research topics, including consumer motivations to use fantasy sports product, information, and services; perceptions of gambling; content quality of fantasy sports information; and others. (p.85)

I really appreciate Steve for his idea and endeavor he put in this article. After we finished writing this article, I, actually, told him, “Man, I like this article. This is really good.”

And, when Journal editor, Dr. Brad Schultz , a professor at Ole Miss, asked us a short author bio, Steve sent me this one.

Chang Wan Woo is an Assitant Professor of publc relations in the Division of Communication at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His research interest is sports organizations’ relationship with publics including fans, media, and players. Also known as “PointTide,” he is founder and commissioner of NFL Korea, a first-year fantasy football league on the NFL.com site with eight members across the United States and Korea who gather virtually via Twitter. (p.110)

Steve asked me, “Do you think Brad allow us to have this bio?” I told him, “well…. (big & huge pause)… We will see. At least, I like it!!”

And, here we go.

I like it because this is who I am.

And, I like it. Because this is exactly who I am.

Thank you, Steve and Brad. You made my day today!!

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