what is social media

What is Social Media?

IT USED TO BE LIKE THAT!!!!

NOW ITS MORE LIKE........

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!!WELCOME TO WEB 2.0!!

Lets get involved!!!!

SOCIAL : a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

MEDIA : an instrument of communication

DEFINITIONS

Social Media are works of USER-created video, audio, text or multimedia that arepublished and shared in a social environment, such as a blog, wiki, or a video hosting site.www.capilanou.ca

Social Media is the collection of tools and online spaces available to help individuals and businesses to accelerate their information and communication needs.www.communitymanagers.pbwiki.com

Social media are media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.Wikipedia.org

The line between audience and media is now blurred

Social Media encourages everyone to make a contribution and give feedback

People WANT to interact

Social Media allows communities to form quicklyand use communication effectively

These communities share common interests Music, Video, Discussion, Information

IS IT A FAD ?IS SOCIAL MEDIA JUST HYPE ?

IS IT THE LATEST ‘BUZZWORD’ ?

NO!!

NO!!