Creativity and New Media
New media has enabled us to become creative in many ways that was unimaginable just few years ago. For this assignment, I used Instagram to create a story where I can connect and interact with my current and potential followers. Instagram now allows variety of ways that enable dynamic interaction between its users. Few of those features include questions box, poll and quiz on stories that last for 24 hour span once posted.
In my Instagram story, I used multiple features to make it more attractive and there are few potential business opportunities as well. I just tried to be casual with the question and included a countdown. I also included a song that I thought goes well with the story. If this story was for business then the question could've been about an upcoming album drop by an artist who wants to advertise on social media platform. The countdown would be the release date and time. And the music would be a snippet or a teaser from one of the songs in the album drop.
You can watch my assignment on my Instagram account by using the following link or by playing the screen recording video below:
I like what you did for instagram and I think it is very cool that IG is giving people the freedom to interact with their followers. Though we live in a time where social media is a huge part of people's lives I think that people mostly interact with who they know already. People rarely private message all their followers because there is probably nothing to talk about. Being able to interact with all your followers and have a mutual idea to talk about will make it easier to talk to someone even if you just follow each other and never had a real conversation.
ReplyDeleteIn the past, I never thought that I could do such various activities through Instagram. Like you said, it's amazing how singers can promote their albums through Instagram countdown. Existing marketing companies will also have to strive to keep up with the development of these social networks.
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