Social media can provide realtime engagement for communities to reach their audience as it reduces the limitation of transportation and other traditional methods of delivering information. In addition, social media can also help the audience feel  are more involved in the communities as the audience can leave footprints such as comments on social media.  However, it is also difficult to communicate online than talking in person. People can use different strategies to express their information more efficiently based on the targeted group comparing to simply talking to the general public.

Cultural sensitivities should definitely be considered in order to include inclusiveness to everyone. everyone should be respected regards to their culture and background. Moreover, communications can also be different across different groups. For example, gestures and body languages can be very controversial between different groups. Therefore, creating a respectful and inclusive environment on social media is extremely important.

When communicating on social media, it is necessary to represent yourself credible and also gain trust by others. In general, people are more willing to share their thoughts to the people they know and trust. According to Kermer (2020), people are sometimes scared talking face to face. Therefore, representing yourself trust worthy could potential eliminate the fears from others and remove the barriers when talking over social media.

In order to balance people’s professional expectations and personal reliefs, it is essential to establish healthy relationships with others as well as helping each other when needed. As Kermer (2020) stated, A good listener does not have to be the loudest person in the room. Therefore, being a good listener and also sharing thoughts to others can benefit everyone in the group.

As Russell (2020) mentioned in his success over the applications of multiple social media platforms. I believe that it is very beneficial to extend my personal PLN so that I can learn more knowledge from different communication tools. In conclusion, people can get more involved to their communities by extending their PLN.

 

References

Kermer, A. (2020). EDCI 338 – KERMER, A.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73KOxy_fMSM&feature=youtu.be

Russell, M. (2020). EDCI 338 – RUSSELL, M.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH_UiTWYYwU&feature=youtu.be