Hello World!

Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m a Tilburg University student following the course Media Use In Organizations. As the name says itself, interactivity is a major point in this course. It forces all of its students to use Twitter and write blogs about media in organizations. The word ‘forces’ sounds negative, I can almost hear you thinking, but no it isn’t that bad. It's the opposite. I think everyone should more or less be forced to get familiar with all kinds of social media, because it has a great potential.

But more on that later. This is my first blog and I was introducing myself. In my upcoming blogs, I will concentrate on the use of ICT in organizations, focusing on social media. Looking at myself, I have already used social media like Hyves, Facebook and LinkedIn for quite a long time. And since the start of this course I also find myself Twittering now and then. The more I use these social media, the more I realize the benefits it has for both individuals and organizations.

My aim for this blog is to gain attention for this topic and to reach as many people as possible. I will not only blog about social media, I will also use them. I made a sort of agreement with them like ‘I am going to blog about online media, so ok, at least you can help me to reach as many people as possible’. So now me and my social media have reached the point of mutual dependence. While writing this I realize I better blog nice about them, but on the other hand I promise I’ll always be objective. Let’s see what it will bring.

And now, let’s talk about you. You’re one of the, I assume (or hope), many visitors of this weblog. This means you are part of the ‘traffic’. And now it becomes interesting, because analyzing the traffic on this blog is another part of this course. Using Google Analytics, it is possible to analyze some characteristics of visitors. So this means that Big Brother is watching you! Well, no it’s not that scary, don’t be afraid. I am able to see the different types of visitors on my blog, their different countries and that kind of stuff. This is quite interesting because it also says something about the reach of my social media. The more powerful they are, the more potential visitors I gain. Keeping that in mind, I promise I also keep you informed about that.

After all, this means that you are also a quite important part for me during this course. I am going to inform you the best I can about Media Use in Organizations, developments in social media like Hyves, Facebook and Twitter, and so on. And on the other hand, you are my traffic on this blog. Is this another example of mutual dependence? I hope so.

Pleased to meet you! Hope to see you again on my next blog!

Sebastiaan