Overview of different aspects of social media

1. 08-Sep-2014
Team Name: Gagnants
Name of first member: Vaibhav Gupta
College Name: T.A. Pai Management Institute
Name of the second member : Tanvi Bansal
College Name: T.A. Pai Management Institute

2. 01
What do you
think when you
hear…
Social Media?

3. 01
What is Social
Media?
Social Media is an umbrella term
that defines the various activities
that integrate technology, Social
Interaction and the construction of
words, pictures, videos and audio.

4. Collaborative Projects
Social Media
is conversation
supported by
online tools
Social Networks
Discussion Boards
/Forums
Blogs/Microblogs
Content Communities
Virtual Game
World

5. SOCIAL NETWORKS
✤ Platform to build social networks or social relations
✤ People with common interests, activities, backgrounds
or real-life connections come together.
✤ People share ideas, pictures, posts, activities, events
with people in their network.

6. CONTENT COMMUNITIES
✤ Video/Documents sharing websites
✤ Users can upload, view and share videos/documents
with the masses
✤ Allows users to upload their unique content and gain
brand exposure.

7. BLOGS/MICROBLOGS
✤ A discussion/informational site published on world wide
web.
✤ Can be personal blog, corporate and organisational
blog, political, health, video, portfolio sketches blog etc.
✤ Great way to practice writing skills and some bloggers
have even published books out of their blogs

8. VIRTUAL GAME WORLD
✤ Also known as Massively Multiplayer Online World
(MMOW)
✤ Synonymous with interactive 3D virtual environments,
where users take form of avatars visible to others.
✤ Enables users to connect to real world via virtual
means.

9. DISCUSSION BOARDS/FORUMS
✤ Online discussion site where people can hold
conversations in the form of posted messages
✤ Moderator approves access level of a user
✤ Allows to create topic specific discussions related to
technology, music, politics etc. in the form of threads
and posts.

10. COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
✤ People work with each other to do a task and to
achieve shared goals.
✤ Aims to increase the success of teams as they engage
in collaborative problem solving.
✤ Encourages introspection of behaviour and
communication.