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 * Understanding social media? **


 * Definition from Wikipedia: “Social media ** are media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media use web-based technologies to transform and broadcast media monologues into social media dialogues. They support the democratization of knowledge and information and transform people from content consumers to content producers. [|Andreas Kaplan] and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of [|Web 2.0], and that allow the creation and exchange of [|user-generated content][|[1]] . “ Click here to learn more: []

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Social media can take many different forms, including [|Internet forums], [|weblogs] , [|social blogs] , [|microblogging] , [|wikis] , [|podcasts] , pictures, [|video] , rating and [|social bookmarking]. Technologies include: [|blogs], picture-sharing, [|vlogs] , wall-postings, [|email] , [|instant messaging] , music-sharing, [|crowdsourcing] , and [|voice over IP] , to name a few. Many of these social media services can be integrated via [|social network aggregation] platforms like [|Plugged.it], [|Mybloglog] and [|Plaxo]. Examples of social media software applications include: []
 * Communication **
 * **[|Blogs] ** : [|Blogger], [|LiveJournal] , [|Open Diary] , [|TypePad] , [|WordPress] , [|Vox] , [|ExpressionEngine] , [|Xanga]
 * ** [|Micro-blogging] / Presence applications ** : [|FMyLife], [|Jaiku] , [|Plurk] , [|Twitter] , [|Tumblr] , [|Posterous] , [|Yammer] , [|Qaiku]
 * **[|Social networking] ** : [|Facebook], [|Geni.com] , [|Hi5] , [|LinkedIn] , [|MySpace] , [|Ning] , [|Orkut] , [|Skyrock] , [|Qzone] , [|Vkontakte] , [|RenRen] , [|Kaixin] , [|ASmallWorld] , [|studivz] , [|Xing] , [|RunAlong.se] , [|Bebo] , [|BigTent] , [|Elgg] , [|Hyves] , [|Flirtomatic]
 * **[|Social network aggregation] ** : [|NutshellMail], [|FriendFeed] , [|dillidost.com]
 * ** Events ** : [|Upcoming], [|Eventful] , [|Meetup.com]
 * Collaboration **
 * **[|Wikis] ** : [|Wikimedia], [|PBworks] , [|Wetpaint]
 * **[|Social bookmarking] ** (or social tagging): [|[7]] [|Delicious], [|StumbleUpon] , [|Google Reader] , [|CiteULike]
 * **[|Social news] ** : [|Digg], [|Mixx] , [|Reddit] , [|NowPublic]
 * Multimedia **
 * ** Photography and art sharing ** : [|deviantArt], [|Flickr] , [|Photobucket] , [|Picasa] , [|SmugMug] , [|Zooomr]
 * ** Video sharing ** : [|YouTube], [|Viddler] , [|Vimeo] , [|sevenload] , [|Zideo]
 * ** Livecasting ** : [|Ustream.tv], [|Justin.tv] , [|Stickam] , [|Skype] , [|OpenCU]
 * ** Music and audio sharing ** : [|MySpace Music], [|The Hype Machine] , [|Last.fm] , [|ccMixter] , [|ShareTheMusic]
 * ** Presentation sharing ** : [|slideshare], [|scribd]
 * Reviews and opinions **
 * ** Product reviews ** : [|epinions.com], [|MouthShut.com]
 * ** Business reviews ** : [|Customer Lobby], [|yelp.com]
 * ** Community Q&A ** : [|Yahoo! Answers], [|WikiAnswers] , [|Askville] , [|Google Answers]
 * Entertainment **
 * ** Media and entertainment platforms ** : [|Cisco Eos]
 * **[|Virtual worlds] ** : [|Second Life], [|The Sims Online] , [|Forterra]
 * ** Game sharing ** : [|Miniclip], [|Kongregate]
 * Brand monitoring **
 * ** Social media monitoring ** : [|Attensity] Voice of the Customer, [|Sysomos] Heartbeat
 * ** Social media analytics ** : [|Sysomos] MAP
 * Other **
 * ** Information Aggregators ** : [|Netvibes], [|Twine (website)]

Examples: Blogs Online Marketing Blogs []**
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Examples: Ning __ [|http://ning.com] __ (See ISTE, Pgh Creativity and Kids, etc.) n Examples: Twitter A Brief and Informal Twitter Etiquette Guide from Chris Brogan [|**Etiquette Guide**]