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Social Media Review
This week the course materials focused on the "buzz" that is social media. Everyone seems to be talking about this relatively new media in both positive and negative terms. Given that social media are still comparatively new tools, it is important to become familiar with all of the different social media options available, particularly those that are most popular among business users.
This assignment asks that you prepare a table of six common social media applications, their general use, and the audience(s) who tend to use these tools the most. The table is already created for you here, you only need to download it and fill in your information.
List your six social media choices (blog, Facebook, etc.) and then fill in the table with details related to the way these tools are used and the people/audience who commonly use them.
Social Media Application |
General Use |
Audiences |
Social media Application: Facebook.
Uses: Share personal and social lives with friends and others. It can include pictures, personal thoughts etc.
Audience: Facebook was generally used by youngsters, teenagers in the beginning but now its used by almost every one i.e. general public.
Application: Twitter
Uses: Share personal views with the general public.
Audiences: Prominent politicians, celebrities and people inspired by these personalities.
Application: Instagram
Uses: Sharing pictures, memes, gifs etc.
Audience: General public, anyone can create an account and share their things with public or followers.
Application: Reddit
Uses: Discussion forum, sharing images and views and social news aggregation.
Audiences: People with a specific interest in any particular field where they like to discuss or follow a certain news and views.
Application: Quora
Uses: Platform is used for posting questions and answers.
Audiences: Mainly students or curious people who like to explore new subjects and get interesting answers to different questions.