This document provides an overview of various social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail, Blogger, YouTube, and Flickr. It discusses the pros and cons of each platform and suggests which might be best suited for different uses like event planning, status updates, corporate feedback, and traffic generation. It also briefly mentions social networks from the past and present. The conclusion emphasizes taking advantage of new media, learning about different social platforms, experimenting with their uses, and understanding how they can provide job and business opportunities.
2. Table of Contents Introduction Table of Contents Facebook Twitter Linkedin Gmail Blogger YouTube clip YouTube What Social Media network best fits you Flickr Social networks from the past and present Thank you
3. IntroductionNew Media “In this course you will learn about digital communication and new media. By the end of this course you will have a solid understanding of digital tools and tactics available to grow communities and engage with consumers online” Derek Mehraban Is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as “new media” are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, and impartial. (Wikipedia.com) Forms of communicating in the digital world, which includes electronic publishing, digital television and, most significantly the internet. These methods of the digital world allow smaller groups of people to congregate online and share, sell and swap goods and information. It allows more people to have a voice in their community and in the world. (PCMAG.com )
4. Facebook Pros Cons Great way to find out about parties and events Good Privacy Protection Ability to connect with friends from past and present Good place to share photos Everybody wants to be your friend Addictive Possibility of everyone knowing your business To many applications
5. Twitter Pros Cons Useful for business communication Promoting TV shows Good way to keep in touch with friends internationally The ability to share interesting articles with everyone Known for spreading false news on-line Annoyance of other people tweets Addictive Narcissistic
6. Linkedin Pros Cons Valuable place to find employees, employers, clients Professionally reconnect and strengthen relationships with friends Has features like Linkedin Answers Get insights Not appealing Easily lie Only beneficial based upon your usage. Limited picture access
7. Google/Gmail Pros Cons Good storage space for emails Don’t loose previous sent emails. Secure from getting viruses Share your calendar Multiple email accounts Mobil access Pushes random advertisements when in use. Unable to access other mail sites likeOutlook You can’t really categorized the events. (time, work-related
8. Blogger Pros Cons Able to see your post on the web No worries about server problems, host problems Google owns it. Easy to use Able to link your Gmail account Limited theme/template options Can’t own your own domain Limited features
10. YouTube Easy to use Not costly Videos are clean and clear Variety of videos Easy to become a member Good for marketing purposes Create great amount of online traffic Videos are public There are some explicit clips Violent video clips Anyone can post a video clip Pros Cons
11. What Social Media network Best Fits You? Gmail is good for keeping emails Facebook is good for event planning, corporate advertising, Twitter best used for status updates, promotional usage. Blogger is good corporate feedback and advise Youtube can generate great traffic for business and entertainment companies
12. Flickr No storage limit (can post as many pics as you want) Ability to edit photos Not costly Easy tool bar to use Always having to edit photos and captions You can’t give multiple images the same name Pros Cons
14. What I’ve Learned To take advantage of all new and upcoming media Learning about the new social media and how they can be beneficial Experimenting and figuring out how these websites; blogger, Delicious, Flickr, and StumpleUponcan be used. Understanding why these websites for job and business opportunities Don’t settle for just one website. Find one that you like and master all applications that are givin
