What is Social Media?
Social Media is a media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. It uses web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.
Social Media has an increasing influence in today's world. People are getting more familiar and have a greater ease of interacting in the cyber world. Many are getting into the trend of expressing their inner thoughts and feelings online which allow more interaction unknowingly.
The video below shows how Social Media has evolved over the years...
In short, more and more people are gaining much easier access to the Internet than before. People are participating more in social networking sites, mainly on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. With these interactive sites, people are getting more interconnected globally and such interactions give rise to the increasing number of people updating themselves of the world.
An example of a Social Media is Personal on demand casting (Podcast).
- What is Podcasting?
A podcast is a collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.
- What does a Podcast serve as in the cyber world?
Podcasting has its advantages and disadvantages...
Advantages: Convenient and easy reach
Disadvantages: Access difficulty and productivity issues
*Although Podcasting has its disadvantages, its advantages outweighs it because people are looking for convenience and efficiency in uploading their information.
With the Social Media today, people are greatly depending on the Internet for interaction and information. Although it is better to be in the trend of cyber-interaction, many also tend to face the 'paradox of choices' because of the overload of information.
How will one foresee the future of Social Media? Will it be for the better or for the worse?
Interesting post! Now i understand (better definition and explanation) more about the meaning of podcasting and its advantages & disadvantages.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy podcasts!
ReplyDeleteSocial media does have its issues - lack of privacy, lack of decency and manners, etc.
But I do know many people cannot live without their daily dose of Facebook (in my case, sometimes hourly dose :S!)
I don't use podcast that often and I don't use facebook.
ReplyDeleteBut I do know that with the gaining popularity of social media especially with the use of social network sites, our relationship with people will become ambiguous. Just think about it. When did "Relationship status: It's complicated" started?