Hypercommunicator

A hypercommunicator is a highly engaged communicator who uses traditional and electronic media platforms with high frequency to socially engage individuals and virtual communities. They may or may not be involved in traditional communications fields such as public relations, journalism, or advertising.

Hypercommunicators are bleeding edge adopters of new communications tools, technologies and products to increasingly share their personal and professional lives, observations, news, and information. Hypercommunicators simultaneously make use of multiple e-mail addresses and tools, chat, instant messaging, online social networking sites, publish their own Web sites and blogs, as well as create other content including video, audio, photos and graphics, and text for public consumption.

External Link: [http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2105481,00.html Editorial] : "Social Networks," The Guardian, June 18, 2007.

External Link: [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=finland14&date=20060514&query=a+country+of+hypercommunicators Article] : "A country of hypercommunicators," Seattle Times, May 14, 2006.

External Link: [http://www.davidandrewjohnson.com/archives/2007/06/hypercommunicator.php davidandrewjohnson.com] Blog post discussing creation of the term to define an emerging societal segment.