Glossary Series Day 5: Social media

September 9, 4:07 PMSF Boomers ExaminerSuzanna Stinnett

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This post is part of the Glossary Series, a 100-day conversation designed to develop and clarify the language we use to describe online communication. As Year 2008 comes to a close, the emerging Glossary of Online Communication will be published along with a selection of the comments from my readership. I hope to see your comments among them.

Day 5: Social Media
The definition of Social Media is ripe for a whole set of extra meanings. We’ll look at social networking, social bookmarking, and social trendcasting later on. Today, I’ll offer this definition of social media, patched together from a few different sources. I know it can be enriched. Thoughts? Let’s hear ’em, there in the comments.

Social Media: The use of communication technology as a conduit for personal interactions, often integrating different worlds and building a shared meaning.

Suzanna

See Day 1: Online communication

See Day 2: Onground

See Day 3: Global brain

See Day 4: Digital Immigrant