Contemporary social media

Contemporary social media

1. Avatar

   • - an icon or figure representing a particular person in a computer game, Internet forum, etc.

2. Profile

   • - a short article giving a description of a person or organization on the internet.

3. IM

   • an instant message over the internet

4. VOIP

   • Is short for Voice over Internet protocol.

5. Micro Blogging

   • - the posting of very short entries or updates on a blog or social networking site, typically via a mobile phone, E.G Twitter!!!!!

6. Social Networking

   • the use of dedicated websites and applications to communicate with other users, or to find people with similar interests to one's own. E.g. Facebook!

7. Wikis

   • - a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content.

8. Online Communities

   • - An online community is a virtual community that exists online

9. Chat room

   • The term chat room, or chat room, is primarily used to describe any form of synchronous conferencing,

10. Weblog

    • - A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings.

11. Netiquette

    • Netiquette, or net etiquette, refers to etiquette on the Internet. Good netiquette involves respecting others' privacy and not doing anything online that will annoy others.

12. Podcast

    • a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer

13. Virtual Worlds

    • is a computer-based online community environment that is designed and shared by individuals

14. VEL

    • - the use of electronic media and information and communication techniques in education.

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