As you know, the infamous Charlie Sheen has recently joined the social network Twitter. Last week when his intimate interview aired on Tuesday night, Sheen decided to make an account on Twitter. In a matter of 25 hours and 17 minutes he had about a million followers. Producers were trying to keep track of how many people were following him by hitting the refresh button every minute. They said every time they would take a glance at the computer, another 1,000 fans would be added on. After a few hours, most of them lost track of how many people were following the star.
As of right now Charlie Sheen has more than two million Twitter followers. This is only about eight days after establishing an account last week. It is truly mesmerizing how much control and fan base one single man has. It is also astonishing how much more popular Twitter became after an hour long interview that appeared on the major channels nationwide. Before this Charlie Sheen craze ever started, no one ever realized how influential he is. The media loves filming him and we love watching him.
Besides our fascination with Twitter, Facebook users were very eager during that night to post phrases that the actor was saying during the segment. Every time I would check my updated news feed on my phone, I would see more and more of my friends writing some random saying that came out of Sheen's mouth. The postings lasted for another day or two, but it was historical to see how many people were totally engrossed with this man.
If it wasn't for social media, media conglomerates (ie: ABC, NBC, CBS) wouldn't know their fans thoughts or comments. Although ratings were off the charts on Tuesday night, telling producers that they made a very wise decision.
For those of who didn't get a chance to watch the interview here's a clip from ABC,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emEM5H9NgTI
Enjoy!
- Elisa
Since this blog is supposed to focus on careers – but since I am a fierce supporter of the First Amendment and Freedom of Speech, especially in an academic environment -- I will embrace this insightful posting as a powerful example of how a celebrity with bad boy status can use social media to perhaps bolster his career and maybe even get a fresh start. However, your link to the interview that Sheen did on 20/20 only seems to underscore his reputation of recent note that his private erratic behavior seems to have become more and more public. And now he has embraced Twitter to either reinforce this Bad Boy reputation (is it because he's having too much fun with it?) or try to build a new reputation by Tweeting about his good qualities?
ReplyDeleteSo I checked him out on Twitter and he now also has significantly more than two million followers! All fans? I doubt it. But here’s a challenge for all of my students: Charlie is looking for someone to be his Twitter intern! The link follows! Apply! What do you have to lose? And I’ll let him know to expect your resume!
I'm looking to hire a #winning INTERN with #TigerBlood. Apply here – http://bit.ly/hykQQF #TigerBloodIntern #internship #ad
Prof. Rob