What is Social Media?
Twitter and Facebook are the most prominent types of social media.
Social media is a type of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media, which delivers content but doesn’t allow readers/viewers/listeners to participate in the creation or development of the content.
I particularly like this defintion:
“Social media essentially is a category of online media where people are talking, participating, sharing, networking, and bookmarking online.”
There is a wide variety of social media, ranging from social sharing sites such as YouTube and Flickr through social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook.
Social media has shot to the forefront of people’s attention because it’s fun. Thanks to social media, it’s easy to share your ideas, photos, videos, likes and dislikes, with the world at large – and find out what they think of them. You can find friends, business contacts and become part of a community or a bunch of different communities. Social media gives you what TV never could – a chance to be engaged and engage others.
However, it is also extremely important that we know how to use it properly for a wide range of reasons. Once we do it remains fun. If we don’t it has the potential to be extremely damaging and destructive (cyberbullying being just one). Please take your time to read some of the links below. They provide powerful advice that if adhered to will make social media an essential tool and a pleasurable experience.
Promoting Safe & Responsible Use
