What is Social Media?

1. Stage 1
The
Preliminar
y
Round
Team Name: Laughing Buddhas
Name of first member: Partha Saha
College Name: IMT, Ghaziabad
Name of second member: Saptadip Saha
College Name: IMT, Ghaziabad

2. What is Social Media ???
“Social media is the social interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange
information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. It uses a group of Internet-based
applications that is build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allows
the creation and exchange of user-generated content. Furthermore, social media depend on mobile
and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and
communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. They introduce substantial
and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals.”
...... Or in the words of Rancho
Social Media is the online sharing of
thoughts, contents and ideas, between
individuals and communities.

3. Social
Media

4. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2010 2011

6. 78% of recruiters have hired through Social
Networks in 2013
The figure was 58% in 2010

8. Want to connect to your high school pals?
Or know how your college crush looks like now?
Login to Facebook !!!

9. Have you tried the #ALSicebucket challenge?

10. Cyber bullying
Its addictive!!
Hacking & Data Theft