Types of Social Media
These are services that group individuals with common interests or goals into specific groups or communities.
Sites that allow for people to create their own profiles and share stuff with your chosen community of friends and family. The most basic type of social media.
Social Networks
This is someone who:
Has the power to sway or persuade others in a severe way online.
They typically specialize in a specific industry, topic, or market.
Has a large audience/following
An Influencer!
True or False: There are three people named Jason in this class.
*NO ASKING OR TALKING MUWAHAHA*
True.
(hooray for the Jasons!)
When websites went beyond just having businesses/corporations post, and evolved into having the consumers (or users) post and create content too!
What was the name of that content?
User-Generated Content
What is the most popular type of social media?
Media Sharing Networks
These are virtual worlds and online games that have social features built into them.
This is where you can bond over a game with others! An example is Pokemon Go! Or Call of Duty.
Social Entertainment
This is someone who:
Watches other users post stuff, but rarely ever participate!
Businesses shouldn’t ignore these types of users because they are potentially subconsciously absorb things they see on social media.
The Spectator (or Lurker)!
Ms. Bishop's cat is named...
Manny.
When the web started to accept cellphones. This allowed businesses and consumers to communicate and collaborate with one another! This opened up communication to go two ways.
Web 2.0!!!
What is a network?
An interconnected system (-:
These are websites that allow you to save, organize, manage, and share links to websites and other internet resources. It doesn’t save the resource itself, but it saves a link to it. Examples include: Pinterest and Twitter
Social Bookmarking
This is someone who:
Creates and uploads ORIGINAL content on social media
They post pretty much anything, also repost occasionally.
The Contributor/Creator!
Finish this poem:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I get to choose lolol
Static types of websites reigned supreme. One-way communication was all that was allowed.
Web 1.0!
What was the ACTUAL first social media platform called?
SixDegrees
This is when some type of social interaction is added to the process of buying and selling products online. The social part typically is for writing reviews about products people have purchased.
Social Commerce
This is someone who:
Views and shares content on social media.
Unlike Participants, sharers don’t post any original content.
Businesses shouldn't write off these users as insignificant, sharing gets you a wider audience.
The Sharer!
What is the most liked image on Instagram?
A FREAKING EGG
#WorldRecordEgg
This is the version of the web that would have human experts connect your searches to what you seem to want. I do not fully understand this. I also don't think it's fully a thing yet???
Web 3.0!!!
Why do businesses need social media contributors?
Because they can create content based on products of businesses.
This type allows for users to create or upload content and interact with the users who read the content. There are three sub-categories within this one. The three are: blogs, microblogs, and media sharing.
BONUS POINTS FOR DESCRIBING A MEDIA SHARING NETWORK!!!!
Social Publishing
*plus a potential definition for Media Sharing Network*
This is someone who:
Responds to the content posted by other people (like the Influencers or Contributors)
They like to comment and post reviews.
The Participant!
Using your whiteboard like it was the front of an envelope, properly address a letter!!!!
Here's a random address if you're struggling to think of one:
P. Sherman
300 Wallaby Way, Sydney
I obviously get to feel this out lol
Why did I teach you about the evolution of the internet? (all of the Webs)
I get to choose lol
Please define social media.
Any online community built around connection and communication (-: