codeDawg
01-27-2014, 01:53 PM
there are a couple of things you can do. Anybody that works for a semi-responsible employer has KPI's they have to meet. In media, most of those indicators are readership based or subscription based.
If there is someone whom you feel is misrepresenting MSU in the media and you are reading their material, following them on social media, subscribing to their service, or linking to their content YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. You are validating and rewarding their behavior even if you are disagreeing. In this new media world subscriptions, hits, and followers are all that matter.
What to do about it:
1. Stop engaging those who do not further our interests. Drop any subscription, unfollow, and just generally ignore these people.
2. If a negative article is reported, don't visit the site and feed the sensationalism with hits. Don't comment on it in social media and elevate the exposure. Don't post it on this board and drive more traffic there.
3. Send a message to the management of whomever you are dropping. Let them know you are gone and why. Don't be inflammatory, just explain that you don't feel you interests are being represented and you are choosing to get your information elsewhere. It's not what each of these messages says, it's the quantity of them received.
4. Do engage those who are responsible and do further our interests.
5. Do read positive, responsible, well written articles and share those in social media, message boards, etc.
It really is that simple.
TL;DR Stop feeding the media trolls.
If there is someone whom you feel is misrepresenting MSU in the media and you are reading their material, following them on social media, subscribing to their service, or linking to their content YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. You are validating and rewarding their behavior even if you are disagreeing. In this new media world subscriptions, hits, and followers are all that matter.
What to do about it:
1. Stop engaging those who do not further our interests. Drop any subscription, unfollow, and just generally ignore these people.
2. If a negative article is reported, don't visit the site and feed the sensationalism with hits. Don't comment on it in social media and elevate the exposure. Don't post it on this board and drive more traffic there.
3. Send a message to the management of whomever you are dropping. Let them know you are gone and why. Don't be inflammatory, just explain that you don't feel you interests are being represented and you are choosing to get your information elsewhere. It's not what each of these messages says, it's the quantity of them received.
4. Do engage those who are responsible and do further our interests.
5. Do read positive, responsible, well written articles and share those in social media, message boards, etc.
It really is that simple.
TL;DR Stop feeding the media trolls.