Difference between revisions of "Social Media"
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Social Media are a key element in [[Web 2.0]], which refers to a second generation of web technologies, characterized as facilitating communication, collaboration and information sharing. | Social Media are a key element in [[Web 2.0]], which refers to a second generation of web technologies, characterized as facilitating communication, collaboration and information sharing. | ||
| − | ==History of Social Media== | + | ==Micro-History of Social Media== |
| − | The roots of Social Media were in the early Bulletin Boards of the 1980s, which gave rise to the first Online Communities. In the 1990s the invention of the World Wide Web led to the development of personal online publishing with Blogs, and of online collaboration with the first Wikis. In the | + | The roots of Social Media were in the early Bulletin Boards of the 1980s, which gave rise to the first Online Communities. In the 1990s the invention of the World Wide Web led to the development of personal online publishing with Blogs, and of online collaboration with the first Wikis. In the late 1990s Geocities allowed users post web pages, while Classmates.com and SixDegrees allowed users to list and communicate with friends and contacts. The early 2000s saw services which gave users more control over content and connectivity, such as Friendster, MySpace and Bebo. Currently popular services include Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. |
==Classification of Main Types of Social Mean== | ==Classification of Main Types of Social Mean== | ||
