Overview of Social Media
Overview of Social Media
Social media are 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). They have revolutionized communication, business and even the way we interact day to day. Social media platforms can be used for many things: staying in touch with friends and family, promoting a cause or keeping up with trending topics and news.
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A social networking website is known by many different names. You might have heard people use terms like “social networks”, ”social media”, “online communities” or “social networking sites”. All of these terms mean the same thing:
An online community is where people are able to communicate with other people that they know such as family and friends, as well as organizations and the rest of the world.
There are various social networking platforms which can be used socially as well as in the teaching and learning process. Let us look at a few of them. Explore the activity links in the next page to learn more about social media.