New Media and the African American MSM Community

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Presentation at National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and Other Health Disparities

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Using New Media in African American Communities for HIV PreventionAisha Moore, Communications Director, AIDS.gov/JSIMichelle Samplin-Salgado, New Media Strategist, AIDS.gov/JSIMeico Whitlock, Senior Fellow, AIDS.gov/Office of HIV/AIDS Policy

Your name & organizationWhat’s one thing you want to

learn today?

What new media tools are you using?

Demographics of teen internet users% of teens who use the internetTotal teens 93Boys 91Girls 94Race/ethnicityWhite, Non-hispanic 94Black, Non-Hispanic 87Hispanic 95Age12-13 8814-17 95Household incomeLess than $30,000.yr 88$30,000-$49,000 89$50,000-$74,999 96$75,000+ 97

The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project 2009 Parent-Teen Cell Phone Survey conducted from June 26 to September 24, 2009 n=800 teens ages 12-17 (including 245 cell phone interviews)

17% of teens look online for health topics that are hard to talk about, like drug use, sexual health, or depression

-When young people don’t feel like they’re getting what they need from an adult they typically turn to their devices.

“Mobile Access 2010” Pew Internet and American Life

46African

Americans

51Hispanic

s/Latinos

33Whites

% of people who use their phone to go online

plug for data:pewinternet.org

Using online tools toConnect. Create. Collaborate. Engage.

Listen.

Listen.

Engage.

Create.

Connect.

Who are you trying to reach?

Individual

Interpersonal

Community

Policy

+ African American MSM

Increased real feedback and discussion

FACEBOOK

Drive traffic to your site or share information.

FACEBOOK

Build email list.*

* Worth it if your audiences use email

FACEBOOK

Promote events.FACEBOOK

Encourage people to take action– Volunteer– Advocate– Get tested– What else?

FACEBOOK

+ you?

TWITTER

Provide real-time updates

TWITTER

Connect with the media

TWITTER

Drive people to your site

TWITTER

Connect with like-minded organizations and people

+ you

BLOG

Tell your story

BLOG

Promote your cause or educate

??

BLOGTell stories about your work*

* Connect supporters to your cause

BLOG

Provide information and resources

+ you?

VIDEO SHARING SITESEncouraging conversation around video

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Spreading the word

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Ask people to provide videos

VIDEO SHARING SITES

Host a video channel

+ you

In a typical month

25% of gay men

15% of heterosexual men

Say they send a text message at least one a day*

*http://harrisinteractive.com/news/allnewsbydate.asp?NewsID=1300

Making it happen

Who are you trying to reach??

PEOPLE:

What do you want to accomplish? (Decide on your objective before you decide on technology. Then figure out how to measure it.)

OBJECTIVES:

How will you meet your objectives?(Consider your overall communications plan, organizational culture, and capacity)

STRATEGY:

What’s an appropriate technology?(A wiki. A blog. A widget. Once you’ve defined your audience, objectives, and strategy, you can decide.)

TECHNOLOGY:

Let the strategizing continue…

Plan a National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Evaluating new media

Making It Real• Goal: Increased number emails on list for fundraising

and marketing purposes.• Measurable?

– % increase in the email list– # of people who say they joined email list because of

something they saw on a social media channel– % increase in the email list

• Success? – 10% increase of people on your email list during a list-

buildingpromotion through socialmedia

What would success look like to YOU?

200 of Alabama A& M Students in this Mosaic. We are all Facing AIDS Together. 

Facebook Insights

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CHATpdx

Weekly Updates• As of today • This week we tweeted..• Interesting new follower(s)• Most interesting tweets about AIDS.gov• Possible tweets for next week

Take the next step…In the next month:

1.For your PROGRAMS / ORGANIZATIONS: Listen to your clients & communities – ask them how they use new media tools

2.For YOU: Try one new media tool (pinterest? Tumblr? Other ideas?)

3.For all of us – as a NETWORK: Find and listen to your peers on-line

vcdc.gov/healthcommunication/ToolsTemplates/SocialMediaToolkit_BM.pdf

wearemedia.org

AIDS.gov/using-new-media

Idealware.org/reports/socialmedia

blog.AIDS.govtwitter.com/AIDSgovfacebook.com/AIDSgovflickr.com/AIDSgovyoutube.com/AIDSgovfoursquare.com/AIDSgov http://m.AIDS.gov

http://locator.AIDS.gov

MeicoMeico.whitlock@hhs.gov

Michellemsamplin@jsi.com