Social media

The topic that I have pick is question 4 "Compare and contrast how two different communities or social groups use a specific social media platform. Which of the two groups has more to gain and why?" 

 So what is a social media ? It is a web-based and mobile technologies on smartphones and tablet computers that enable us to create and share content like pictures, information, video, audio. It is a social network connecting user's profile with individuals and/or groups.It allow us to communicate between work, assignment, event and so on. Every user might pick a different type of social media platform due to what they need.

 Below show a list of different types of social media platforms.

 Social networking sites– Facebook, Google Plus, CafeMom, Gather, Fitsugar
Micro-blogging sites– Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous
Publishing tools– WordPress, Blogger, Squarespace
Collaboration tools– Wikipedia, WikiTravel, WikiBooks
Rating/Review sites– Amazon ratings, Angie’s List
Photo sharing sites– Flikr, Instagram, Pinterest
Video sharing sites– YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler
Personal broadcasting tools– Blog Talk radio, Ustream, Livestream
Virtual worlds– Second Life, World of Warcraft, Farmville
Location based services– Check-ins, Facebook Places, Foursquare, Yelp
Widgets– Profile badges, Like buttons
Social bookmarking and news aggregation– Digg, Delicious
Group buying– Groupon, Living Social, Crowdsavings

 Social media is still growing, the numbers of users is still adding on every second. Even there is more social media that is been made. Scrolling towards social media is been part of our life, we spent 1-2 hours per day just to look at it. We use it to get information like news, videos, images or to build a business page in the social media.
  
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Popular social media like facebook, whatsapp, wechat, twitter, linkedln, youtube, google, pinterest. 
  1. Facebook: 1,712,000,000 users.
  2. WhatsApp 1,000,000,000 users.
  3. Facebook Messenger: 1,000,000,000 users.
  4. QQ: 899,000,000 users.
  5. WeChat: 806,000,000 users.
  6. QZone: 652,000,000 users.
  7. Tumblr: 555,000,000 users.
  8. Instagram: 500,000,000 users.
  9. Twitter: 313,000,000 users.
  10. Baidu Tieba: 300,000,000 users.
  11. Skype: 300,000,000 users.
  12. Sina Weibo: 282,000,000 users.
  13. Viber: 249,000,000 users.
  14. Line: 218,000,000 users.
  15. Snapchat: 200,000,000 users
This is now how many user are in the world are using social media, we need use it more then just a few hours a day. Yet, only Facebook,Youtube, Instagram is no enough for us. I think everyone would have more then just one social media platform, like myself I have more then 5.
  
Bibliography

Bellini.J (2016) Most famous social network sites worldwide as of September 2016, ranked by number of active users (in millions) [Image] Avablie at: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/4 [Accessed on 3 December 2016 ].

 Myers.A (2012) 13 Types of Social Media Platforms and Counting [Online] Avablie at:http://decidedlysocial.com/13-types-of-social-media-platforms-and-counting/ [Accessed on 3 December 2016 ].

 Obar. A.J, Wildman.S (2015) Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue [Online] Avablie at: https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=632004121085075096126089026066069031022009008003061029091075111119120093102023071111029005054040005038115074121111028023080127042061046087007107004101100112096070062014095031086067091104066066081093088101000089118064113125080026084025066096070025102&EXT=pdf [Accessed on 3 December 2016 ]

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