Social Media Use Analysis: Stokes Mazda, North Charleston

For this project, I chose a local company that I am very familiar with. It is Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Road in North Charleston. This is where I bought a new car, a Mazda 6, in October 2014. I had just taken my teaching job at SC State University and felt I needed new wheels for the daily commute to and from Orangeburg, which is almost 70 miles from where I live. 

Stokes Mazda is only three or four miles from my house. It is the only place I have taken my car for service. I like the proximity, the showroom, the people in the service department are professional and friendly, and the quality of the work is excellent. 

This car, which cost just north of $30,000, should be paid off in March 2021. I've piled more than 150,000 miles on it to date but it has been pretty much trouble-free (knock on the leather seating) and I plan to hold on to it for years to come. It will be great for family finances to not have the monthly $475 payment, for sure. 

Social Media Timelines (Prezi)

Here is a look at the evolution of popular social media going all the way back to the mid-1990s with the advent of the internet. What will be the next thing in social media?  Stay tuned!



Just as an aside, a few years ago the Associated Press decided to no longer capitalize the "I" in the word internet. So now in official news and public relations writing just go with "internet." The AP has ruled that internet is no longer a proper noun, hence does not warrant capitalization.  Same with "web" when referring in short to the world wide web or WWW.

"Bluetooth," meantime, is capitalize because it is a copyrighted name.