Topic 2 Social Media Categories

Social Media

Definition from Wikipedia:

Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.

Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content."

Furthermore, social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. They introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals.

Some Social Media Charts.

The number and definition of categories of Social media vary from article to article and can be anything from 5 upwards.

There are lots of text-based lists of categories, but I personally LOVE a great infographic.

Here are 2 variations plus 1 for fun:

https://conversationprism.com/


The above poster can be downloaded at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5lO3kL4ncWKbUlMUEdsSkc0cG8/view

This graphic shows that there can be MANY variations on the social media categories.

Fred Cavazza.net 2020 


https://fredcavazza.net/2020/04/21/panorama-des-medias-sociaux-2020/ 

If you would like some other opinions on categories of social media, you can look at the following links:

Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

ThinkFirst: http://outthinkgroup.com/tips/the-6-types-of-social-media

Categories of Social Media

There are many different variations of the categories of Social Media. I think this one is pretty accurate and reflects my thinking on the topic.

https://www.digitalvidya.com/blog/types-of-social-media/

Social Networking

In short, social networking is a group of friends, colleagues or just random people that you share information and ideas with.

So what choices do we have in online social networking?

Facebook

Facebook is probably one of the most popular social networking sites. It allows you to add people as "friends" and interact with them socially across the Internet. I think everyone is now a member of Facebook and a member of our class group. Groups, especially private groups, allow you to communicate with like-minded people without other people seeing your conversations. You can also add events to the calendar and share files.

Like any tool, there are many advantages and of course there are some negatives. Generally, common sense rules when it comes to how much information you should post on Social Networking sites such as Facebook.

Safety Online

Here are some useful links about security and Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/about/security

Facebook Privacy Settings: How to Make Facebook Private in 2021 https://www.cloudwards.net/facebook-privacy-settings/

https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-privacy-apps-ads-friends-delete-account/

And some information from the Australian Government:

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