When it comes to the words, 'Social
Media', there are many different definitions that can come to peoples
minds. For my those words represent a way to express something or to
communicate with different people or others in general that are
around us. Nowadays there are many different ways to part take in
social media and there are also more and more different social media
websites.
One example of this would me with
Facebook. Facebook is a large company that has been around for the
last eight years (2004-present), and it has in a way taken over the
world. Our generation is becoming more obsessed I would say with
similar sites like Facebook. It can be used for the good by
connecting or re-connecting with family and friends or even for the
bad by causing trouble and fights with one another. You can post
comments/statuses to your 'Wall', post your favourite photos to share
with 'Friends' and 'Like' comments/photos. YouTube is another social
media website, which is very similar to Facebook in the ways that you
can comments on things and you can like or dislike certain things.
The only main difference from Facebook would be that on YouTube you
are uploading a video. There are so many different types of videos
available on YouTube as they are categorized into different groups,
for example you can pick People if you would like to watch videos
related to that category, and etc.
Another large social media website
that has become more popular within the last year or two would be
Twitter. It is a site that allows people to say what they are
thinking or what is going on with them at that moment in 140
characteristics. When you use twitter and post something it is
considered to be 'Tweeting'. Twitter also allows you to follow as
many people you'd like to whether it is people you don't know,
family/friends or celebrities and you can also be followed yourself.
A media site that was popular almost 10 years ago, MySpace, has gone
downhill since Facebook was introduced however it is still being used
by people. Mainly Celebrities or musicians to promote their music.
With all these new media websites
coming out and improving, I can not see those sites ending or going
away any time soon. More and more people are joining in and jumping
onto the social media bandwagon.
