Social Media

When we talk about social media,
the first thing that strikes in our mind is Facebook or Twitter, but social media is very broader than this. Now, in the modern world social media is define in a terms of mobile and web based technologies to create a social network in a virtual world through a collection of online communication channels. Social media is that virtual world where people interact freely, sharing and discussing ideas and information, know about each other and their lives, sending messages etc. by using a multimedia mix of personal words, pictures, videos and audios.

There are many types of social media:

o   Blogs and Microblogs (i.e. Twitter)

o   Social news networking sites (i.e. Digg and Leakernet)

o   Content communities (i.e. Youtube)

o   Social networking sites (i.e. Facebook)

o   Collaborative projects (i.e. wikipedia)

Social media is different from any other media in many ways including quality, reach, frequency, usability, immediacy and durability.