Social Media

Social Media, What is it? Social Media can be described as forms of media that provide social interaction through the use of content that is received and passed along by the users or consumers. Social media differs from other forms of Industrial media such as newspapers, websites, or journals because of its accessibility and Stability. Social media has been considered less stable at times because it can be altered almost immediately through editing or commenting. Social Media was made possible with the invention of web 2.0 which allowed the use of User Generated Content. Social media has been aided by the growing popularity of the internet and social interaction via Social Networking, Internet games, and more.

Examples of Social Media:
- Allow users to share content such a photos and videos. Sometimes develop problems with copyright infringement which is very difficult to stop especially with popular videos or pictures. - Allow users to create informative personal profiles as well as add friends and share information, pictures videos and other forms of media through the use of sending emails, instant messages or other forms of online communication. - Allow users to customize avatars and enter three dimensional worlds to interact with other players. - Allow users to create an inhabitant and interact with other inhabitants and create a virtual life similar to their own real life. - Allow the creation of and editing of information by a large number of users.
 * Blogs
 * 1) Blogs were the first type of social media to emerge, they are usually highly personal webpages that allow unrestricted user generated content that can rage from a personal diary to scientific research results and data.
 * Content Communities
 * 1) Flickr
 * 2) Youtube
 * Social Networking sites
 * 1) Facebook
 * 2) Myspace
 * Virtual Game worlds
 * 1) World of Warcraft (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games)
 * 2) Halo, Call of duty (X-box Live or Playstation Online gaming environments)
 * Virtual Social Worlds
 * 1) Second Life
 * Collaborative Projects
 * 1) Wikis, Wikipedia