Social Media / Web2.0 Group Discussion exercises

for these SOCIAL MEDIA/WEB2.0 exercises please get into groups of 2-3 ...NOW. thanks


Using the information you learned in the Reading: "Social Media and Web 2.0" and The Blog Posting on Transparency in Social Media Please answer the following discussion questions Include any relevant links or media in your blog entries:

1. Today many TV shows and advertisements try to look amateurish or "homegrown" to emulate what is often seen on the Web. Do you think professional prodution values will continue to drop, or do you think amateur user-generated content will get better over time? WHY??
   
   
2. Find a news article and write down tags you would use to define what the article is about. Now goto http://delicious.com/ or another tagging site and see how others have tagged it. What did you learn from the differences or similarities in tagging?
   
   
   before answering question #3 please read the Transparency in Social Media Blog Article
   
   
3. Why is transparency such an important concept in the Social Media world? Is it MORE or LESS important in the offline world? Why?
   
   The wikipedia article on "Astroturfing" may be of help
   
   

Please post the answers to these questions in detail on all group members blogs... (you can just CUT/PASTE)