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Is the Real World Catching Up with the Blogosphere or Vice Versa?
By dana | September 17, 2007
As I’m sitting here stumbling this afternoon, I as usual have CNN on the TV. I just saw something on “The Situation Room” that’s got me thinking.
Wolf Blitzer just played a clip of Ellen DeGeneres on the red carpet at the Emmy’s last night. She had apparently recently been trying to get Wolf to appear on her show, but they hadn’t gotten ahold of each other.
So instead of actually calling or writing, Ellen basically called Wolf out via TV, and he responded by showing her “comment” on his show and accepting her invitation to come on her show and inviting her onto his.
This little exchange has left me thinking…isn’t that exactly what we all do dozens of time a day by tracking back to and commenting on our fellow bloggers sites?
So what do you think, is the real world learning from the blogosphere or are have we merely adapted communication rituals from the real world?
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September 17th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Interesting how you look at it, Dana! I’d think that it is more of technology catching up with all of us in the way we communicate - and presenting so many different ways to do so. What Ellen and Wolf have done is similar to blogging in the aspect that at the same time they are each subconsciously promoting their shows, while we interact via our blogs ala blog marketing. When people see bloggers who interact more, it gives an impression of being real, and people are more likely to want to check out their blogs.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Yes it is an interesting way to look at it.
I post comments to respond to what is written. However, part of the social media landscape is, well, being social. That’s why MyBlogLog is so popular. You come to my site. I see it on the side bar. I click on your site. It’s all about social interaction even through we’ve never talked, we’re still being somewhat social.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
I think you’re probably right about it being technology overall YC.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
The strangest part about the whole thing to me is that I just got the e-mail notification of your comment here at the exact moment that I Stumbled Upon the post you referenced in the link
I agree though. I think it’s kind of funny how easy many people find it to be social online as opposed to starting up conversations with strangers in person, wouldn’t it be nice if we could all just walk up to each other and tell them our thoughts…well, sometimes at least
September 18th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Communication sure ain’t what it was when I was a kid. It’s more like World 2.0 rather than Web 2.0.
Love the new blog and layout, by the way. Very clean and easy to find things, but still has lots of goodies tucked inside.
September 18th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Vice-versa, considering that TV has existed much longer than the blogosphere or even the Internet.
But you still picked up on something interesting that we don’t see nearly as much on TV - hard to do - as we do in the blogosphere - easy to do.
Jacob
September 18th, 2007 at 7:39 am
@Jayne I love that “World 2.0″
@Jobs I agree. I suppose it is harder to do on TV. I think when it does happen though…there’s definitely a boost to ratings…ie. all those feuds between Rosie O’Donnell and other people…Letterman vs. Oprah in the old days before they loved each other.
People love feeling like they’re “in on it,” in on the private lives or conversations of the people they watch or read…its kind of like spying