Social Media.. a Fad ?

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.