Social media is best understood as a group of new kinds of online media which share most or all of the following characteristics.
Participation: Everyone who is interested social media encourages contributions and feedbacks to them. It blurs the lines between the concept of media and audience.
Openness: For feedback and participation most social media services are open. They encourage voting, feedback, comments and sharing of informations. There are rarely any barriers to accessing and making use of content - password protected content is frowned on.
conversation: Whereas traditional media is about "broadcast", content transmitted or distributed to an audience, social media is better seen as conversational, two-way.
community: Social media allows communities to form quickly and communicative effectively around common interest - be that a love of photography, A political issue or a favorite TV show.
connectedness: Most kinds of social media thrive on their connectedness, via links and combining different kinds of media in one place.
Basic Types Of Social Media
At this time, Basically there are five kinds of social media. The most common kinds of social media are blogs, social networks, content communities (sometimes called folksonomies), wikis and podcasts.
Blogs: Perhaps, the best known form of social media, blogs are online journals, with entries appearing with the most recent first.
Social networks: These websites allow people to build personal websites and than connect with their friends to share content and communication.
Content communities: Communities which organize and share particular kinds of content. The most popular kinds of content communities tend to be around photos (Flickr) Bookmarked links (del.icio.us) and videos (you tube).
Wikis: These websites allow people to add content to or edit the information on them, acting as a communal document or database.
Podcasts: Audio and vedio files that are available by subscription through services like Apple i tunes.
At this time, Basically there are five kinds of social media. The most common kinds of social media are blogs, social networks, content communities (sometimes called folksonomies), wikis and podcasts.
Blogs: Perhaps, the best known form of social media, blogs are online journals, with entries appearing with the most recent first.
Social networks: These websites allow people to build personal websites and than connect with their friends to share content and communication.
Content communities: Communities which organize and share particular kinds of content. The most popular kinds of content communities tend to be around photos (Flickr) Bookmarked links (del.icio.us) and videos (you tube).
Wikis: These websites allow people to add content to or edit the information on them, acting as a communal document or database.
Podcasts: Audio and vedio files that are available by subscription through services like Apple i tunes.
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