Yesterday I was answering some questions from a graduate student and I got a question that I commonly get from my non-blogging friends and other skeptics: To what extent do you think consumers are influenced by what they see or read on social media sites? It is a good question, but unfortunately, I think it is the wrong one.  The truth is that you don't have to read blogs or participate in social media networking at all in order to be influenced by it. In fact, if you look at Pew Internet Research you will find that only a very tiny read more...