The Human Media Movement

THE HUMAN MEDIA BROUGHT TO YOU BY Veterans United MOVEMENT WHAT IS HUMAN MEDIA? Human Media is the shift in user interaction on social media from text-based engagement to face-to-face contact via webcam. This new layer of social media reduces physical space between users, allowing anyone to virtually travel across the globe in a matter of seconds. SARAH SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 Google+ Hangout HILL The first Hangout on broadcast television is hosted by Sarah Hill at KOMU. The first publicly broadcast Hangout was with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am. FUN FACT Google+ Hangout JOE JANUARY 24, 2012 BIDEN Vice President Joe Biden delivers his recommendations for public policy during a Google+ Hangout. Joe Biden invited top Google+ users Guy Kawaski and Phil DeFranco to join the discussion. FUN FACT BARACK OBAMA JANUARY 30, 2012 Google+ Hangout President Barack Obama holds a Google+ Hangout to take live questions from the public. The Hangout was dubbed a "Fireside Hangout,"- a riff on FDR's signature "fireside chats." FUN FACT Google+ Hangout (WWII SEPTEMBER 2012 VETERANS Sarah Hill, in conjunction with Veterans United and Virtual Photo Walks, produces the first ever "Veterans Virtual Tour" via Google+ Hangouts. These virtual tours allow teminally ill and aging veterans a chance to see the memorials that honor their sacrifice. 12.13.12 In 2012. Hill introduced the term Human Media and expressed how this new layer of social media will change how users interact online. According to Hill, Human Media is seeing your audience blink and following gestures, eye movements and facial expressions that can only be www.veteransunited.com/careors seen with real-time communication. As a former newscaster, Hill recognized the value of hearing her audience in real time, as opposed to relying on asynchronous social media posts. Sarah Hill and Veterans United hosted the world's first Virtual Career Fair via a Google+ Hangout. SOCIAL MEDIA TIMELINE 2006 2012 2004 President & Vice President 2005 Digg, Flickr & Facebook launch. Podcasts begin. use Google+ Hangouts. 2010 You Tube 2008 2003 Facebook releases Facebook Chat. LinkedIn, Skype & Myspace launches. 2011 A 1997 "Google Plus Your World"- Google+ Hangouts & FaceTime Jaunch. GOOGLE-'S RANDOM FACTS A few stats you may have not known about Google+ and the Human Media movement. > The Google +1 button is used 5 billion times a day. > 48% of Fortune Global 100 companies are now on Google+. > 625,000 new users on Google+ every day. » 40% of marketers use Google+ and 70% want to learn more. > 68% of Google+ users are male. > Websites using the +1 button generate 3.5x the Google+ visits. SOURCE > At least 80% of Google+ users engage on a weekly basis. http://ww. posta » Google+ was expected to attract 400 million users by the end of 2012. man tas rat Ingsociat.r Veterans United. Home Loans