Social Media Mania

It seems every week I'm seeing more evidence of social media's increased influence outside of the social media themselves. The Sunday New York Times contains several articles each week on uses of social media; this week these included uses of Twitter in churches and synagogues, promoting start-ups in Silicon Valley, Sarah Palin's uses of Facebook, and ethical dilemmas for teachers surrounding social networking sites. Also yesterday, Stephanie and I went to Joseph-Beth Bookstore at Legacy Village and saw a sign for a Twitter book club. Just follow @PicadorUSA and read Apples and Oranges and be ready to discuss it on Twitter on July 24. The new MTV talk show, It's On with Alexa Chung, features audience members tweeting comments that roll across the bottom of the screen. And in the mail today, I received a solicitation for a one-year subscription to poor old Time magazine: 56 issues for $15. I threw it away, because I'm already following Time on Twitter. What are they worried about? They've got a million followers!