WHat is social media?
Social Media are computer-mediated tools that can let people share , exchange their ideas, images, videos, informations.
There are 6 types of social media, the first one is 'Social Network'. This kind of social media allows people to connect and share ideas of their interests. This usually consists a profile, examples for social network are like Facebook and LinkedIn. The second type of social media is 'Bookmarking Sites'. This service allows you to save, organize and manage links to many websites and resources around the Internet. Examples for this is Delicious and StumbleUpon. The third one is 'Social News'. This allows you to post links or news onto the website then vote by the readers. Examples for this type of social media are Digg and Reddit. The fourth one is 'Media Sharing', people can upload and share media onto these social media. This kind of media usually requires a profile,comments etc. Youtube and Flickr are examples for this social media. The fifth type is 'Microblogging'. People can receive short updates from the others if you choose to receive that person's status in this social media. Instagram and Twitter are examples for this social media. The last type is 'Blog comments and forums'. Online forums allow members hold conversations by posting messages. Blog comments are something similar to online forums. However, members could only comment on things that are related to the blog.(Tim Grahl)
Social media is so important to our daily life because almost everyone in the world are using social media. However, there are not only advantages of using social media, but also some disadvantages. So, in the following pages, I am going to discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of using social media.
There are 6 types of social media, the first one is 'Social Network'. This kind of social media allows people to connect and share ideas of their interests. This usually consists a profile, examples for social network are like Facebook and LinkedIn. The second type of social media is 'Bookmarking Sites'. This service allows you to save, organize and manage links to many websites and resources around the Internet. Examples for this is Delicious and StumbleUpon. The third one is 'Social News'. This allows you to post links or news onto the website then vote by the readers. Examples for this type of social media are Digg and Reddit. The fourth one is 'Media Sharing', people can upload and share media onto these social media. This kind of media usually requires a profile,comments etc. Youtube and Flickr are examples for this social media. The fifth type is 'Microblogging'. People can receive short updates from the others if you choose to receive that person's status in this social media. Instagram and Twitter are examples for this social media. The last type is 'Blog comments and forums'. Online forums allow members hold conversations by posting messages. Blog comments are something similar to online forums. However, members could only comment on things that are related to the blog.(Tim Grahl)
Social media is so important to our daily life because almost everyone in the world are using social media. However, there are not only advantages of using social media, but also some disadvantages. So, in the following pages, I am going to discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of using social media.