every day SOCIAL MEDIA is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify and exchange user-generated content. According to Nielsen, global information and measurement company. Internet users spend more time on social media sites than in any other type THE FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA SITE The first social media site that everyone can agree actually was social media was a website called Six Degrees. It was named after the six degrees of separation theory and lasted from 1997 to 2001. Six Degrees allowed users to create a profile and then friend other users. Six Degrees even allowed those who didn’t register as users to confirm friendships and connected quite a few people this way. Six Degrees was followed by more successful social networking sites based on the “social circle network model" such as Friendster, Myspace, Linkedin, XING, and Facebook FRIENDSTER Linkedin Facebook TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA Social network These are sites that allow you to connect with other people with the same interests or background. Once a user creates his/her account, he/she can set up a profile, add people, create group and share content. BOOK MARKING SITE These are sites that allows you and others to easily search or share them -Discover, save, and share new content
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Social News These are site that allow user to post their own news item or link to other source. The users can also comments on the post and comments may also be ranked. They are also capable of voting these news articles of the web .those who get the most amount of votes are shown prominently. Reddit Digg ASSIGNMENT Make your own social media site logo, explain what is its importance, how to use it. Materials: ¼ illustration board Pentel pen Anything you want to decorate your work