What Educators Needs to Know
Social Network
Micro-blogging
Communication
based
Media Sharing
Blog Comments
and Forums
Virtual
Communities
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Categories of social media are based on the
main purpose of site
Many social media companies are now offering
multiple types of services on one platform
Aggregators make it easy to post on multiple
social media platforms at once
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Facebook
Twitter
Snapchat
Tumbler
Pinterest
kik messenger
Instagram
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Media
Possible associates
Names
 Alias, Surname, Maiden
name, etc.
Place of work
Birth Date
Education
Family Members
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Location
◦ Hometown
◦ Current Location
◦ Places visited
Phone Numbers
Usernames
Life Events
◦ Engagement, Marriage,
Break ups etc.
Likes/Dislikes
◦ Movies, Books, TV shows
Social Network
Media Sharing
Micro-blogging
Blog Comments
and Forums
Communication
based
Virtual
Communities
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Facebook is a popular free social networking
website.
There are over 1 billion active users, half of
whom use Facebook on their mobile devices
Make sure you check your terms of service
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Information always available:
Name
 Profile Pictures and Cover Photos
 Network
 Gender
 Username
 User ID
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Social Network
Media Sharing
Micro-blogging
Blog Comments
and Forums
Communication
based
Virtual
Communities
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Services that focus on short updates
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Subscribers receive updates from other users
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Allows users to share media and text
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Allows users to share text with followers
without individual messaging
Users can share hyperlinks, pictures, text,
video and other information
Tweets can be re-tweeted by user’s followers
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At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of
information called Tweets
Each Tweet is 140 characters long, but don’t let the
small size fool you—you can discover a lot in a
little space
A real-time information network that connects you
to the latest stories, ideas, opinions, and news
about what you find interesting
Twitter users send over 100,000 tweets every
minute
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Blogging platform
Users can post multimedia (text, pictures,
videos, etc.) to a short-form blog
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125 million users
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108.2 million blogs hosted
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75.8 million posts each day
Social
Network
Media
Sharing
Microblogging
Blog
Comments
and Forums
Communication
based
Virtual
Communities
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Does not use SMS
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Performs similar function
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Uses data plan or Wifi connection
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Difficult to intercept without seizing device
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Can share media, text
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Requires a mobile device and download of app
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Requires log in and username
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kik offers fast text messaging service and
allows users to share photos, sketches, and
other content
kik uses smartphone data plans or Wi-fi to
transmit and receive messages which avoids
text messaging rates set by phone companies
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50 million users on kik
200,000 users sign up everyday
25 million kik cards downloaded since
November 2012
45% of all smartphone owners use some form
of instant messaging or an instant messaging
app
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Users can send photos and videos called
(Snaps) to individuals or groups overlaid with
text, with a set time expiration between one
second and ten seconds
After the set time expires, the image is deleted
from the devices and the company servers.
Username required
1st Box: Trey sent a picture
and user opened it
2nd Box: User sent a picture
to Nikki, and Nikki took (1)
screen shot
3rd Box: User sent a picture
to Trey and Trey opened it
but did not take a picture
Social Network
Media Sharing
Micro-blogging
Communication
based
Blog Comments
and Forums
Virtual
Communities
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Services that allow you to upload and share
various media such as pictures and video
Many other types of social media have added
this service
Some social media outlets specialize in this
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Photo enhancement app that allows users to
create retro-looking images to share with
friends, other Instagram users, and social
networking sites
Instagram allows third party applications to
feed into it’s application to allow users to post
short phrases