SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA 

What is Social Media ?
-Social media are computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.
1.Social Network- sites that allow you to connect with other people with the same interest.
 examples: Facebook &  Google +
2.Bookmarking Sites- sites that allow to store and manage links to different websites and resources.
 examples: Stumbleupon & Pinterest
3.Social News- sites that allow users to post their own news .
 examples: Reddit  & Digg 
4.Media Sharing Sites - sites that allow you to upload and share media content like videos,images and music 
 examples: Youtube &  Instagram
5.Micro blogging- sites that focus on short updates from the user 
examples: Twitte &  Plurk
6. Blogs & Forum- sites that discuss a certain topic and allows the user to interact with other people.
 examples: Blogger , Word press & Tumblr

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  1. Very informative! But what is the difference between a Blog and a Forum?

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    1. The difference betwen blog and forum is Blogs are like a keynote speech where the speaker is in control of the discussion, but allows questions and comments from the audience and forum are like social mixers, where everyone is at equal level, milling about and discussing with others. Thank you !

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  2. what can be the possible benefit if an individual decided to make or create their own blog?

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    1. The possible benefit if an individual decided to make or create their own blog is that they will give information to other people .

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  3. nice... are there more types of social media?

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  4. Cool! what are the other example of microblogging?

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    1. The other examples of microblogging are Posterous, FreindFeed,Daily booth and 12 seconds .

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  5. What are the disadvantages of social media?

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    1. The disadvantages of social media are first of all decreases face to face communication to other people ,it can cause laziness in people and can cause distractions .

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  6. Is there anything you can suggest to make users use social media much effective and efficient?

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  7. Is there anything you can suggest to make users use social media much effective and efficient?

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