This document defines and describes different types of social media platforms, including wikis, forums, blogging, microblogging, social networking, and content communities. It explains that social media allows everyone to create, share, and interact with media in collaborative and creative ways without conforming to industry standards. Importantly, social media enables more interactive and personal forms of media and communication between friends new and old.

1. ‘ Social’ Media

2. Hey, you! Have you heard about Social Media?

3. It’s a term used to describe the new ways in which we are using technology to create and interact with media.

5. What makes a social media? Any form of media that anyone can become involved in. Whether it’s simple interaction, or complete control, it’s about joining in and taking part in the process rather than just being a bystander.

6. Are there different kinds? There are all kinds of [platforms for] social media. ‘ Social media’ refers to the way in which we use them.

13. So, why all the fuss? Social media has allowed for everyone to create and share. It’s allowed for DIY media, and the ability for it to be shared openly within a social community. Its making media social, and collaborative allowing for more creativity and innovative ideas with everyones combined talents without having to conform to the industry standards.

14. So, why all the fuss? More importantly, it allows for media to be more interactive and personal to everyone. It has also allowed for different forms of communication to emerge. Social networking has become the new craze in recent years, allowing for improved communication with old and new friends.

15. A presentation by Steve Ferris, Sam Fawcett and Rohit Gokani Acnowledgements: Image source Cat: http://www.clker.com/clipart Image source Owl: http://www.kh6owl.com/images /owl_cartoon_kwp1.png