Social Media Trade Book Review

For my COMM 4633 & SPC 4350 Students

One of our assignments this semester is for you to read and review a trade book on social media. In class, you’ve already been assigned to a Public Relations Trade Book. Your book review is due in class during Week 10.

Your book review will take the form of a five-minute presentation in class. For your presentation, create a professional-looking PowerPoint presentation of no more than ten slides. Rely more on images to tell your story than bullet points. (We’ll discuss more in class about how not to create a “Death by PowerPoint” slidedeck.)

Your presentation should include:

• Opening slide should include an image of the book’s cover
• Short bio of the author(s) of the book (perhaps with a photo of the author)
• What did you learn by reading this book?
• What surprised you in this book?
• What do you want to learn more about, now that this book has piqued your interest?
• Would you recommend other students to also read this book? Why or why not?

Optional:

• Consider uploading your book review to SlideShare and embedding the slides in your blog.
• If you’re using Twitter, search for the authors of your book there and connect with them. You may be surprised how willing most of them are to reply to you when you @ them.
• Leave a comment about your thoughts on the book on the author’s blog.
• Post a review of the book on the book’s page at Amazon.com.

(PS: If you prefer to listen to your book, rather than read it, you may be able to choose your title as a free option at the Audible website.)