Comments on: Social media literacy: The gap between normal Internet users and social media enthusiasts

By: sachin tiwari

sachin tiwari — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:10:00 +0000

Brilliant posts on Crisscrossed: Dev Orgs & Social Media http://cxed.net/aLNLNU ,Social Media Literacy http://bit.ly/1KUSW RT @ckreutz #fb

By: David Smet

David Smet — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:29:15 +0000

The gap between normal internet users and social media enthusiasts – http://bit.ly/cnn2Dr

By: judith_dh

judith_dh — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:22:39 +0000

RT @ckreutz Social media literacy: The gap between normal Internet users and social media enthusiasts : crisscrossed… http://bit.ly/3H7jvz

By: Life streaming e social media/web literacy | digital K

Life streaming e social media/web literacy | digital K — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:53:39 +0000

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By: Christian Kreutz

Christian Kreutz — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:53:12 +0000

Thanks to all of you for your interesting remarks. I hope more people will focus on that issue in the nearby future to bring more people into the social web.

By: digitalekulturresearch

digitalekulturresearch — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:49:57 +0000

Social media literacy: The gap between normal Internet users and social media enthusiasts : crisscrossed blog …

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By: Wiebe de Boer

Wiebe de Boer — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:54:05 +0000

Social media literacy = next challenge: gap between normal Internet users & social media enthusiasts http://bit.ly/xwHzu @ckreutz

By: giulio quaggiotto

giulio quaggiotto — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:02:43 +0000

Hi Chris,

Nice post. You might find this post (and the related presentation) on social media literacy of interest
http://blog.freshnetworks.com/2009/07/do-you-speak-social-the-rise-of-social-web-literacy/

Cheers,

Giulio

By: Michelle Dyer

Michelle Dyer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:04:48 +0000

I’m not normal! RT @ShellTerrell: Gap between normal Internet users & social media enthusiasts http://bit.ly/3H7jvz by @ckreutz

By: Teri Centner

Teri Centner — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:02:42 +0000

Thought-provoking: Gap between normal Internet users & social media lovers http://bit.ly/3H7jvz by @ckreutz (via @ShellTerrell @moehlert)

By: klowey22

klowey22 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:57:36 +0000

RT @moehlert: RT @ShellTerrell: Gap between normal Internet users & social media enthusiasts http://bit.ly/3H7jvz by @ckreutz

By: Mark Oehlert

Mark Oehlert — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:54:42 +0000

RT @ShellTerrell: Gap between normal Internet users & social media enthusiasts http://bit.ly/3H7jvz by @ckreutz

By: goulandris

goulandris — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:04:56 +0000

The social media literacy gap. How true: http://bit.ly/1KUSW

By: Helge Wasmuth

Helge Wasmuth — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:29:18 +0000

Hi Chrissie,
interesting article and aspects. Working in a „traditional“ education setting, I share your ponit of view completely. Even a lot of young people don’t possess the knowledge, the soial media contributors find normal and basic. Of course they use e-mail etc. but, most of them don’t use twitter etc. and don’t see, why they should change this and use it (sometimes me neither). With developments in soial media, which go beyond, it is worse – and of course al lot of the older generation haven’t a clue about the whole concept of internet, socail media etc. I see the growing gap as well – but maybe it is also my German sceptism.
Best,
Helge

By: NicolaAvery

NicolaAvery — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:13 +0000

http://www.crisscrossed.net/2009/08/18/social-media-literacy-the-gap-between-normal-internet-users-and-social-media-enthusiasts/

By: Nicola Avery

Nicola Avery — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:13 +0000

http://www.crisscrossed.net/2009/08/18/social-media-literacy-the-gap-between-normal-internet-users-and-social-media-enthusiasts/

By: Victoria Freeman

Victoria Freeman — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:48:30 +0000

Hi Christian,

This is a topic I do spend some time thinking about, but mostly on a more personal level, like trying to persuade my family/friends to get on-line more so that we can ‘socialise’ more. But I think the point with internet/social web is that the boundaries between public and private are more blurred.

On accessibility: The average internet user will come over to the tools once they are improved. Think about the 3D imaging used in today’s computer games. Technology that was once only available to highly trained engineers is now accessible to the average 6 year old, allowing them to fashion their own 3D creations and worlds. An instruction manual simply isn’t necessary. I believe that once something is truly accessible it no longer needs to be accompanied by a lengthy user manual.

Think about your internet connection at home. Today, it is just as case of turning on my computer, and – bingo – I’m on-line. But even 10 years ago, the process was somewhat more complicated – and I even refused to have Internet at home until there was broadband because I couldn’t face the slow speeds of a dial-up modem or the hassle of connecting it. I do not yet have wireless Internet for the same reason. It might look easy, but it’s just not straightforward (and user friendly) enough yet.

So, in answer to your question – how to close the gap – I think the gap will close itself at the appropriate moment. Behind the scenes, lots of work needs to carry on happening – improving software/hardware and innovating in new directions, but I don’t think it’s realistic to persuade the ‘average’ internet user to use new tools before those tools have been refined to the point where a 6 year old can use them (alright, maybe a 12 year old, but you get my point).

On how to get people using the latest tools: Did you see this article on Twitter: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8204842.stm

According to the US researchers 40% of twitter is ‘pointless babble’ as they put it, and yet – in my humble opinion – the ‘pointless babble’ is one of the things that binds communities together in real life, so why not on the web. Given that the Internet is a world-wide platform, it’s hardly surprising that there are so many different approaches to using the available tools. Ultimately, no matter what tools are provided, the users themselves will decided if, how, and when to use them.

By: Daniel Eisenmenger

Daniel Eisenmenger — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:38:12 +0000

RT @schulezweinull: The #gap between normal Internet #users and #socialmedia enthusiasts http://bit.ly/T2QvO

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By: Hannes Jähnert

Hannes Jähnert — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:02:31 +0000

Hi Chris, the only growing gap between the social web and “normal” internet users I see in the difficoult explenation of social web technologie. Its like the manuals for a programm: Its written by experts in their slang and not for normal people. If I take a look at studies about teens that use social media, I see nearly 100% of teens using the internet in that way. In future — I think — we won’t talk about using social web or the normal internet. We’ll speak about the best tool we can choose from a big sample. Perhaps in future our senior-partners will remember us at such things like e-mails, hand-written letters or fax.

Regards
Hannes