2pure , Social Media __ Monday, March 4, 2013 10:11 AM - Jaafar Serhal
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Put simply, social networking is a way for one person to meet up with other people on the Net. That's not all though. Some people use social networking sites for meeting new friends on the Net. Other's use it to find old friends. Then there are those who use it to find people who have the same problems or interests they have, this is called niche networking.
How to use social media in a better way?

For parents and caretakers: Parents and the caretakers have to alert themselves regarding social media and the means which their teens may use. And they should be aware of the risks to understand and navigate technology. Family discussions are also one of the recommendations which will help teenagers in avoiding using internet.
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2pure , Social Media __ Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:49 PM - Jaafar Serhal
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Social Media is, at its most basic sense, a shift in how people discover, read, and share news and information and content. It’s a fusion transforming monologue (one to many) into dialog (many to many.)

It can be categorized in to six types and they are: Joint projects like Wikipedia, blogs like Twitter, content communities like YouTube, social networking sites like Face book, effective game worlds like World of War craft and virtual social worlds like second life. Other than this social media technologies may include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, music-sharing, crowd sourcing and voice over IP and many more.

For example users of LinkedIn mainly focus on identity, reputation and contacts whereas YouTube building blocks are sharing, conversation, groups and reputation.
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