“Some of the power has shifted from companies to people. Using social media tools (blogs, wikis, tagging, etc.) more individuals are creating semi-spontaneous 'groundswells' of opinions to which companies and other institutions are realizing they must respond. From marketing to consumers organizations are being pulled into engaging with individuals.” PeopleIndividualSocialRealizingCompanyOpinionMediaCreatingToolsOrganizationInstitutionsMarketingSocial MediaConsumersEtcSpontaneousEngagingConnectingBlogsWikis Author:Charlene Li
“It's so easy to misuse social media as a dating tool. I think it can be useful but it's scary when you think about who can access this information and what they're doing with it.” ThinkingSocialEasyMediaInformationToolsDatingScarySocial MediaAccessMisuse Author:Justin Long
“I think social media really is a great tool. It fascinates me when I tweet something and right away you get a response almost immediately.” ThinkingSocialMediaToolsResponseSocial MediaTweet Author:Mario Andretti
“What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people.” PeopleWayUseSeemsMediaToolsDivides Author:Zach Anner
“I believe social media is a powerful tool to transform our planet.” BelieveI BelieveSocialPowerfulMediaPlanetsToolsSocial MediaOur Planet Author:Mallika Chopra
“I think digital media is a valid tool, one that has it's own strengths and weaknesses. So often I see people dismissing digital art as somehow cheating or not as valid or important as traditional art, but the computer is just another tool.” PeopleThinkingArtImportantMediaComputerWeaknessToolsTraditionalDigitalCheatingStrength And WeaknessDigital Media Author:Julie Dillon
“I am happy to note that the BJP as an organization is looking to creatively harness Power of Social Media. We have to ensure our Youth stays engaged in our Democratic process. We have to make our Democratic process accessible to them. Social media is an important tool for this.” ImportantSocialProcessTechnologyMediaYouthToolsOrganizationIndiaDemocraticNotesSocial MediaEngagedInformation TechnologyHarnessDemocratic ProcessBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“Social media is great because you can get information out there quick or you can use it as a ministry tool, but when you're on it all the time and you're not spending time with people and you're not sitting there looking at someone in the eyes and asking, "How are you doing?" that's when it's out of balance.” PeopleUseEyeSocialMediaInformationBalanceSittingToolsAskingSocial MediaSpendingMinistrySpending Time Author:Jeremy Camp
“They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.” DifferentSocialCausesMediaInformationMovementToolsCrisisCommunicateSocial Media Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Bad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is not a tool, although it can act like many tools. It is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated.” FirstsMediaExpressionDegreesToolsIncludingDetailsMediumsDevicesUsersRepresentationSimulate Author:Alan Kay
“Every day I am being told to sign up for Tumblr, Yammer, Friendfeed, Plaxo, Last.fm, ping.fm or the hot social-media tool du jour that happened to get mentioned on Mashable.com. It is like a social-media arms race. Each one of these new tools is like a cool new night club. Hot today, gone tomorrow, replaced with something else.” TodayLastsNightSocialRaceGoneHappenedMediaArmsTomorrowToolsHotClubsSocial MediaReplacedArms RacePingNight Club Author:Mark McKinnon
“Social media is the greatest leadership tool ever invented. It gives you the opportunity to amplify your voice, extend your influence, and create a tribe of passionate followers who want to hear from you.” WantGivingOpportunitySocialVoiceInfluenceMediaToolsPassionateSocial MediaFollowersTribesAmplifyGreatest Leadership Author:Michael Hyatt
“Not to be to be a vulgar materialist or be too reductive, but all of that was completely absent from the conversation. Instead we were told it was a "revolutionary" moment, where these new tools would inevitably displace the old media dinosaur and that things would be democratized and wasn't it great we could all collaborate on these platforms.” MomentsWould BeMediaConversationToolsRevolutionaryPlatformsVulgarAbsentDinosaurs Author:Astra Taylor
“Social media has been an incredible tool to connect to my fan base, and collaborate with people around the world. Some of my biggest breaks have come through people hearing my music on the Internet and then contacting me through social media.” PeopleWorldHas BeensSocialBreakFansMediaInternetToolsIncrediblesSocial MediaHearingAround The World Author:Wendy Starland
“The internet, like social media, seems to me to depend on how you use it, where you spend your time on it. I used to be quite anti-social media, but I can see now that it can be a good tool for artists, a way for us to speak to each other outside of standard economies and across languages and borders.” WayI CanUseSeemsUsedArtistSpeakLanguageSocialEconomyMediaDependsInternetStandardsToolsSocial MediaUsed To BeBordersAnti Social Author:Micheline Aharonian Marcom
“Alternative spaces, independent media, satellite, these all provide some tools by which we can work more independently and deal more directly with communities we hope to reach. Distribution is key, and finding alternative ways to do that with new media is critical.” WayCommunitySpaceDealsMediaKeysFindingsToolsIndependentCriticalAlternativesDistributionSatellitesNew MediaIndependent Media Author:Chuck D
“So by giving people a tool that they can share and benefit from, it's a form of media that isn't controlled by Rupert Murdoch or the guys at Viacom. It is a form of media that is earned every single time it spreads.” PeopleGivingFormGuyShareMediaBenefitsToolsSpreadControlled Author:Seth Godin
“The relationship that people have with music is entirely different now. People spend much less time experiencing music on a one on one level than they could have if they were a part of a different generation. I find this ironic since we have so many tools at our finger tips to be engaged by media in all forms.” PeopleIfsDifferentFormLevelsGenerationsMediaMusic IsToolsFingersEngagedIronicOne On OneDifferent Generations Author:Jacob Bannon
“Sellers who've embraced social media are creating new opportunities that totally bypass traditional sales channels... It's about good selling - using all the tools that are available to you today.” TodayOpportunitySocialMediaCreatingToolsAvailableSocial MediaSellingTraditionalInsightfulSellersNew OpportunityBypass Author:Jill Konrath
“I don't need any more avenues of communication, and frankly I think people are still working out to realize that it's just a tool[social media] rather than something that you have to do or participate in.” PeopleThinkingNeedsStillsSocialRealizingMediaCommunicationToolsWork OutSocial MediaAvenues Author:Ian MacKaye
“The power to rethink a situation is our greatest tool for transforming the world. This notion is taking hold in medicine, in business, in education. But not in politics and the media. They are the last holdouts of old-paradigm thinking.” ThinkingWorldLastsSituationMediaToolsMedicineNotionTransformingParadigmTransforming The World Author:Marianne Williamson
“When you look at things like social media, that's an immensely powerful tool that I'm all in favor of. I think it's amazing. It's a powerful tool, and it's one that we're, as a species, still grappling with learning to use. It's like we've grown an extra tail and we inadvertently lash out and knock over all of the furniture.” ThinkingLooksStillsUseSocialPowerfulMediaToolsSpeciesSocial MediaFavorsExtrasTailsFurnitureLashesGrappling Author:Charlie Brooker
“Things like social media and the Internet, of course, it's not going away. There is no cure for it. And this shouldn't be just like there shouldn't be, you know - it would have been a tragedy if there was a cure for the printing press. I think it's just that it's an amazing tool that we as a - as an animal are just getting to grips with because it's like we've grown a new ultra powerful limb and we're learning how to use it.” IfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensUseCoursesSocialAnimalPowerfulMediaInternetToolsTragedyPressesSocial MediaCuresGoing AwayBe YouLimbsPrintingPrinting PressUltras Author:Charlie Brooker
“My goal is to try to weaponize the American people, try to weaponize the conservative movement, try to weaponize the underground conservative Hollywood movement, to weaponize as many people in the center-right country to try to rectify a generation-plus long problem that has been absolute media bias, absolute media used by the Democratic Party as a tool to defeat conservatives.” PeopleTryingLongHas BeensCountryProblemUsedGoalPartyGenerationsMediaMovementToolsHollywoodAbsolutesDemocraticDefeatConservativePlusBiasDemocratic PartyMedia BiasRectify Author:Andrew Breitbart