Wow...maybe I spoke too soon when I said speech-to-text programs would never dominate the web. Bromley might have been on the right track..

some psychological theories that describe and explain online identity formation...describes what parts of our personalities we tend to deliberately share, and how some of our actions aren't as controlled as we'd like them to be

made me think of our discussion of self-ID online. Douthat writes about self-involvement and absorption..and how social media and Internet culture encourage a sense of self-performance and "look at me!" attitude

another way to use social media: social networks as support groups. this article describes the author's attempts to quit smoking, and how she used twitter to hold herself accountable and receive praise from followers, which motivated her.

written in 2010, this author predicted popular trends for social media use in libraries in 2011. seems like the first (mobile apps) is accurate. also-twitter, google apps, and teaching social media

what happens when organized religion and technology intersect? (or maybe not-so organized, i.e. the flying spaghetti monster). the article sites "dating service[s]" based on religion, as well as "virtual pilgrimage." the article is about a conference titled digital religion. came across this article and i think this topic is extremely interesting...might end up using it for my final project.

love common craft videos...this one breaks down the concept of social media, explained using the metaphor of ice cream. both helpful & delicious. so social media is always interactive, while digital media doesn't necessarily have user-generated content? trying to get my definitions set as i do more searching...

maybe it's obvious...but i think it's confusing how online/digital/social are often used interchangeably, such as social networking/digital networking. so many terms...and many of them probably end up meaning the same thing anyway. trying to get those nuances