Blog Post 6

Identify the risks and benefits of engaging with a public audience in a media space – what are the risks for a public figure or person in a position of trust (educator, lawyer, government official)?

Public media space is a place where you can share opinions and interact with people in different fields. Public figures also promote themselves here to get more attention, but there are also many risks when they promote themselves. You have to say it for yourself. Take responsibility for your words and shared things, because the views shared by public figures and figures in a position of trust can be adopted by ordinary people. Therefore, public figures must share their own views with good views, so as to reduce some risks.

How to best address negative replies and critiques reflective of your personal values and employer social media policy?

We must respect their criticisms and opinions. If there are some irrational comments, we must use a polite attitude to explain their views, because people must respect each other, although sometimes some people will not respect you , But be sure to reply politely, which will reduce quarrels.

Reflective question

 How do notable individuals use social media?

Celebrities can use social media to increase their visibility, share their opinions, and communicate with the public, but they are also cautious when sharing and communicating, because only by sharing good opinions can they attract more People are concerned.

What are the benefits of being in the public eye and having a PLN?

The appearance of PLN in the public’s sight can increase your attention, and you can also have better and more communication resources, increase the opportunities for interaction with others, open your own vision, and allow yourself to accept more new things, and you can see More people’s evaluation of themselves and accepting the evaluation of others can improve themselves.

Building community with online tools provided by the employer can be limiting, what are the perceived restrictions and benefits?

The advantage is that in this way, the online work community in the same field can better understand useful information and facilitate communication with everyone, but on this kind of formal platform, you need to pay attention to your own words, which will hide some of your truth but not On the good side, it is impossible for everyone to understand themselves clearly.

Delivering information in a connected society requires verifiable resources, how to build a PLN to rely on?

In order to build a trustworthy PLN, the authenticity of the information must be guaranteed. For this, we must ensure that the source of the information we transmit is authoritative and authentic. Therefore, we must go to the official website when we transmit the information. Obtained, when reading the information passed by others, check its authenticity, and also know whether the source of this information is obtained from an authoritative and authentic website.

How do those, who are veteran storytellers, minimize risk in sharing misinformation?

For senior storytellers, we must ensure the authenticity of the source of the story, cannot quote false information, and cannot exaggerate the story or change the nature of the story itself, so as to reduce the risk of sharing misinformation.