Social media refers to online platforms that allow users to create and share content and engage in online communities. It includes user-generated content like videos, photos, and text that are published and shared on sites like blogs, wikis, and video hosting platforms. Social media is designed to facilitate information sharing and communication through social interaction. It blurs the line between audience and media by encouraging all users to contribute and provide feedback. Communities can form quickly around common interests using social media's effective communication capabilities. Social media goes beyond a passing trend by allowing online communities to engage with each other on an ongoing basis.

1. What is Social Media?

3. IT USED TO BE LIKE THAT!!!!

4. NOW ITS MORE LIKE........

6. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!!WELCOME TO WEB 2.0!!

7. Lets get involved!!!!

8. DEFINITIONSSOCIAL : a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity MEDIA : an instrument of communication

9. Social Media are works of USER-created video, audio, text or multimedia that arepublished and shared in a social environment, such as a blog, wiki, or a video hosting site.www.capilanou.caSocial Media is the collection of tools and online spaces available to help individuals and businesses to accelerate their information and communication needs.www.communitymanagers.pbwiki.comSocial media are media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.Wikipedia.org

11. The line between audience and media is now blurred Social Media encourages everyone to make a contribution and give feedbackPeople WANT to interact

12. Social Media allows communities to form quickly and use communication effectively These communities share common interests Music, Video, Discussion, Information

13. IS IT A FAD ?IS SOCIAL MEDIA JUST HYPE ?IS IT THE LATEST ‘BUZZWORD’ ?NO!!

14. NO!!