Introduction to the several types of social media

Summary: Do you know what are the characteristics of social media? Social media is a new type of online media that gives users a great space for participation, and it has six characteristics: participation, openness, dialogue, communication, community, and connectivity. What are the types of social media? Social media can be broadly categorized into 8 major types such as social relationship networks, video sharing networks, photo sharing networks, and so on. Social MediaCharacteristics of Social MediaIntroduction to the Types of Social Media

Social media is a recent concept that roughly refers to media that is "interactive" or, in other words, a platform that is essentially content-free if it lacks effective user participation. Social media has changed the one-to-many approach to media communication to a many-to-many "conversation". In the field of social media, there are two key words: UGC (User Generated Content) and CGM (Consumer Generated Media). "The socialization of the web will not be a flash in the pan, nor will it be a flash in the pan. The socialization of the web will gradually reach every person, every company, and reach into every corner of the world."

I. Characteristics

Social media is a new type of online media that gives users a great deal of space to participate, and it has the following characteristics:

1. Participation: social media can inspire interested people to take the initiative in contributing and giving feedback, and it blurs the boundaries between the media and the audience;

2. Openness: most of the social media can be freely to participate in them and they encourage people to comment, give feedback and share information. There are virtually no barriers to participating in and utilizing content in social media;

3. Communication: Traditional media take the form of "broadcasting", where content is disseminated from the media to the user in a one-way flow. The advantage of social media is that the content of the media and users in the two-way dissemination, which forms a kind of communication;

4, dialogue: traditional media in the form of "broadcast", the content of the one-way transmission to the audience. Social media, on the other hand, are often considered to have the qualities of a two-way dialogue;

5. Community: In social media, people can quickly form a community and communicate adequately with each other on topics such as photography, political topics, or TV dramas*** of the same interest;

6. Connectivity: Most of the social media have a strong connectivity, and by linking them together, they can integrate multiple media. The integration of a variety of media together.

Types

Social media can be broadly divided into the following categories:

1. SocialNetworkingSites/Social Relationship Networks;

2. VideoSharingSites/Video Sharing Networks;

3. PhotoSharing/Photo Sharing Network;

4. CollaborativeDirectories/Collaborative Words Network;

5. NewsSharingSites/News*** Sharing Network.

6.ContentVotingSites/content pushing media.

7,BusinessNetworkingSites/Business Relationship Network.

8.Social(Collaborative)BookmarkingSites/social bookmarking.