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what are different forms of social media that exist today? - quietfaucet865 - 10-13-2012 09:50 AM
what are examples of different social media and their primary purposes.
- Steve - 10-13-2012 09:58 AM
These are the different forms of social media that exist today:
* E-mail, Instant Messaging (IM) and Chats
* Websites, blogs and micro-blogs
* Internet telephony (e.g. Skype)
* Online Videos (YouTube)
* Online Communities
* Internet Forums
* Podcasts
* Social Networks (Facebook, MySpace, etc.)
* Wikis (e.g. Wikipedia.org)
* Social Bookmarking Platforms (del.i.cious, digg, propeller)
The primary purposes of these social media forms is to stay in touch with friends, colleagues, parents, to connect with people from all over the world and to share knowledge with friends and like-minded people.
- HE Lives!!!! - 10-13-2012 09:58 AM
The following site has a wealth of information:
Social media -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Distinction from...|Social media,...|Examples|See alsoSocial media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogues. Andreas Kaplan and Michael...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media - Cached.
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