Social Media’s Impact on Public Relations

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ICM 522 February 10, 2014 Social Media’s Impact on Public Relations Social media is submerged in our society, as well as an integral part of public relations. Almost every individual engages in some type of social media, creating their own profiles, giving individuals access to their personal information, allowing them to make inferences and judgments, even without meeting them in person. Public relations deals with upholding an individual’s positive public image, no matter what happens, no matter what the public finds out about that individual. Social media can be a double edged sword for a public relations professional because it can either continue to improve the reputation of the individual they are representing or cast a negative light on the individual. In order to fully represent an individual, a public relations professional has to understand the fundamentals of social media, as well as learn how to maneuver social media. There are six different types of popular social media. There are social networks, bookmarking sites, social news, media sharing, micro blogging, and blog comments and forms. Social networks are websites that all individuals to connect with other people who hold the same interests and background (Grahl, 2013). Social networks are basically opportunities for individuals to meet other people as well as connect with individuals who may help them in their ventures as well as accomplish their goals. These social networks allow an individual to create a profile, interact with other users, the most popular social network being Facebook (http://facebook.com). Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites because it is free and it has endless opportunities for individuals to explore and discover. Bookmarking sites is a type of social media that allows individuals to save, organize and manage links to various websites and

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