Tuesday, November 12, 2019

What is social media?


                                                      SOCIAL MEDIA DEFINED


* Social media is a way of using technological devices to share ideas and information with others of similar interests. Common examples are Facebook, twitter and snapchat. Social media platforms can also be used to allow businesses to promote products and advertise. 

 EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS :



Quotes from Wikipedia.
* ''Social media can help to improve an individual's sense of connectedness with real or online communities and can be an effective communication (or marketing) tool for corporations, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, political parties, and governments.''
*  '' As users engage with these electronic services, they create highly interactive platforms through which individuals, communities, and organizations can share, co-create, discuss, participate and modify user-generated content or self-curated content posted online. ''

''Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks''.

Wikipedia link for these quotes is here : 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

Cambridge definition of social media LINK is here :

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/social-media

I thought it might be interesting to see what an old fashioned establishment like the Cambridge dictionary thought of social media!

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