Social Media and the internet

Social media, found in the notes, is understood to be a group of new kinds of online meida which shares the following characteristics:


- Participation
- Openness
- Conversation
- Community
- Connectedness


To me, social media is best understood as the "globalization" of the internet, where all sorts of online media has been integrated to serve the purpose of unifying the online community. Through social media, information, news, personal comments or even rumors can be shared and spread by the click of a single button. Also, social media can be a very strong medium for influencing and persuading the audience or anyone viewing the particular media.

The internet is really an amazing invention in my opinion as it has really changed the lives of people compared to how we have lived in the past. Messages can be transferred instantly even though people may be situated 12hrs apart from each other and people may feel closer to their loved ones even though they are far away from each other. However, there are many problems with the internet and social media, such as piracy and illegal downloads.

To end, I guess I would like to say that internet in the future would be an ever expanding "world" for people to explore in and that everyone would be reliant on the internet for everything! :)

P.S. i'm going through the motion.. :p