DISQUS

SocialMedia: How Should We Define Social Media?

  • dsjoerg · 11 months ago
    Seth, can the definition exclude any mention of its content? Do you want to consider Wikipedia and Craiglist to be social media? Are mixtapes social media?
  • nickgonzalez · 11 months ago
    I consider Wikipedia and Craigslist social media. We can argue over to what degree, but "social media" is media neutral. It can be photos, text, or video. What makes it "social media" is the process applied to the content: the user generation, modification, and dissemination.

    I'm also the author of the post.
  • Julie Best · 11 months ago
    Read your article with interest. As someone knew to social media I too have been researching. My thoughts are that Social media is self perpetuating. We socialise via every medium be that the old fashioned "face to face", through to social networking sites such as facebook. The blogs, and their comments are just another method. The internet has enabled people to gain access to a global audience and thus establish a certain credibility through the number of social visits. http://juliebest20@word
  • nickgonzalez · 11 months ago
    What do you mean by "social visits".
  • Financial consultant Rochester · 1 month ago
    Social Media sites had created an impact to peoples lives well we can't hide the fact that these sites had been an effective marketing tool for some business owners
  • Cabrinha Kiteboard · 5 months ago
    Some people are just making some out of this world meaning and definitions regarding social media. Yours is simply the right one! Thanks!
  • massagers · 2 months ago
    Indeed the way you put it, i think it's the right way to define it. you are really doing a great job, keep it up.
  • cell phone lookup · 2 months ago
    mobile social media is the future
  • cell phone lookup · 2 months ago
    Anything that engages user activity is social media.
  • Swing Trading · 1 month ago
    Good read. I have made a twitter post about this. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.