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     Social Media
     Lecture Two
What is Social Media?
   a group of Internet-based applications
    that build on the ideological and
    technological foundations of Web 2.0,
    and that allow the creation and
    exchange of user-generated content.
What is Social Media?
   Social media is media for social interaction
    as a super-set beyond social communication
   forms of electronic communication (as Web
    sites for social networking and
    microblogging) through which users create
    online communities to share information,
    ideas, personal messages, and other
    content (as videos)
The Social Media Era
   social media has substantially
    changed the way organizations,
    communities, and individuals
    communicate
   Social media has become highly
    present among younger generations
The Social Media Era
   Social Media, although dominant in
    younger generations has no limit
   Social media has many purposes and
    can do anything from keep you
    connected to your friends to generate
    large amounts of money for
    businesses who utilize it to its full
    potential
The Social Media Era
   Social Media comes in many different
    forms such as:
   Blogs: example, blogger, tumblr
   Social Networking Sites — Focuses
    on building relationships among
    people with similar interests and
    activities. Examples: Facebook,
    MySpace, Friendster
Forms of Social Media
   Social News: Users submit and vote
    on news stories. Examples: Digg,
    PopURLs
   Microblogging: Differs from traditional
    blogging because the content is
    delivered in short bursts of information.
    Example: Twitter
Forms of Social Media
   Social Q&A: Users can submit or
    answer questions. Examples:
    Answers.com, Yahoo! Answers
   Video Sharing — Users can upload
    and comment on videos. Examples:
    YouTube, Vimeo
Forms of Social Media
   Photo Sharing: Users can upload and
    comment on photos. Examples: Flickr,
    PhotoBucket, Pinterest, Instagram
   Social Search — Some search engines
    have evolved beyond providing search
    results into to a social media communities
    where users can create profiles and interact
    through email groups. Examples: Google,
    Yahoo!
Forms of Social Media
   Professional Networks: This type of
    social media site is a virtual world that
    enables business professionals to
    recommend one another, share
    information about industry-related
    events, post resumes, and other
    features. Examples: LinkedIn, Plaxo
Forms of Social Media
   Blogging Communities — Broader
    than niche communities and not
    exclusive like blog networks, blogging
    communities encourage bloggers to
    share and interact with one another as
    well as create regular blog posts.
    Examples: BlogHer, LiveJournal
Forms of Social Media
   Presentation-sharing Sites —
    Sharing presentations online is
    becoming a very popular way to set
    yourself apart from the crowd in your
    field. There is also a lot of good
    content available on presentation sites
    that bloggers can link to and share
    with their readers. Examples:
    SlideShare
Forms of Social Media
   Content-driven Communities — Also
    known as “Wikis.” This type of social media
    is popping up everywhere. The largest and
    most well known, of course, is Wikipedia.
   Product-based Communities — Many
    sites that started as a means of buying and
    selling products online have incorporated
    the community aspect into their sites. The
    biggest sites in this type of social media are
    Ebay and Amazon.com.
Discussion
   Talk about what Social Media you are
    familiar with out of list
   Do you think that Social Media is
    helpful or harmful for students?
   10 minutes
Social Media We Will Discuss
   Over the next two lectures we will
    discuss the following social media:
   Facebook
   Twitter
   Tumblr
   Linkedin
Social Media We Will Discuss
   YouTube
   Pinterest
   Instagram
   Palringo
   QQ
   Weibo
Facebook
Facebook
Facebook
   Launched in February 2004
   More than 845 million users today
   Must register before using the site
   Free! (& always will be)
Facebook
   create a personal profile, add other
    users as friends, and exchange
    messages
   automatic notifications when they
    update their profile
   Users can join common interest
    groups and or create them
   Tagging users
Facebook
   You can make events on Facebook
    and invite a lot more people, a lot
    faster
   Easier to monitor the attendees and
    the possible attendees of your events
   Ability to make events private, open or
    secret ( good for surprise parties)
Facebook
   Very useful for finding people you
    have not seen in a long time
   Good for sending messages to fellow
    Facebook users as well as group
    messages
   Ability to update your profile with new
    profile pictures and information about
    yourself
Facebook
   Friends can post on your wall
   You can post pictures and also make
    photo albums with up to 200 photos an
    album
   “Like” is a common Facebook function
   You often press the ‘like’ button for
    statuses, pictures and comments on
    Facebook
Facebook--Banned
   Facebook has run into issues with its
    privacy features and therefore has
    been banned in countries such as
    China, Iran, Syria, Pakistan
Discussion
   What do you think about the concept of
    Facebook
   Do you know individuals who still access
    Facebook through VPN and proxies? Do
    you think this is worth it in China or are you
    satisfied with the social media equivalents
    that you have? Do you wish you could
    access Facebook?
   10 minutes
Twitter
Twitter
Twitter
   Twitter is an online
    social networking service and
    microblogging service that enables its
    users to send and read text-based
    posts of up to 140 characters, known
    as "tweets"
Twitter
   Twitter allows you to microblog
   It is more acceptable to update what you are
    doing and pictures frequently
   More of a social media that you would have
    on the go
   Allows you to tweet including your location
    and allows you to tweet pictures and maps
    of exactly where you are
Twitter Culture
   Trending topics are ways that people are
    able to see what is popular on twitter for the
    time being
   Things that are trending gain popularity and
    momentum by the use of hash tags
   A hashtag appears in the form of a number
    sign "#" before the word or phrase that you
    wish to trend
Twitter Culture
   There is usually a list of 10 trending
    topics that are the most popular at the
    time, with the most popular of the
    topics being at the top of the list and
    the least popular of the 10 being at the
    bottom of the list
Twitter Culture
   The reason why hashtags are so popular is
    because they exist in place of the "groups"
    that were discussed earlier with Facebook
   Once you click on a hashtag you can see all
    of the other tweets that contain the word or
    phrase that is hashtagged
   You can add hashtags to your tweets that
    already exist or make up some of your own
    with hopes of them becoming a trending
    topic
Twitter Culture
   Hashtags are highlighted in your tweet
    and appear in a different colour than
    the rest of your tweet
Followers
   Unlike friends on Facebook, on twitter your
    friends and others that are interested in your
    twitter profile are called followers
   You are able to follow as many people as
    you would like and you are able to
    accumulate as many followers as you can
    on twitter
   Oftentimes people on twitter follow their
    friends first and then the celebrities that they
    love most
Twitter Culture
   You can also follow organizations and
    businesses that you are fond of,
    airlines, coffee shops, schools, radio
    stations, etc. nowadays, everyone is
    making a twitter account for their
    business because of the free publicity
    it gives their business.
Mentions
   You can mention a fellow twitter user
    by using the “@” sign followed by that
    users username
   Example: @teemair that was fun
    tonight, we need to do that again soon!
   This tags that user in your tweet and
    allows them to get a notification once
    they have been mentioned
Mentions
   You can check your mentions through
    a tab on your twitter
   You can also see other peoples
    mentions, who mentioned them, and
    how many times they have been
    mentioned
Instagram
Instagram
   Instagram is a free photo sharing
    application that allows users to take a photo,
    apply a digital filter, then share it a variety of
    social networking services including
    Instagram's own.
   distinctive feature confines photos into a
    square shape, in homage to both the Kodak
    Instamatic and Polaroid cameras
Instagram
   Instagram is compatible with any iPhone,
    iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 3.1.2 or
    above.
   Instagram has 16 different filters that you
    can use to enhance your photo
   You can add or remove borders and add
    comments to your photos and the photos of
    your friends and favourite celebrities
Instagram Filters
Instagram
   Like twitter, you can follow people on
    Instagram and ‘like’ and comment on their
    pictures (like Facebook)
   There is a picture feed that shows you all
    the recently posted pictures of the people
    you are following
   Notifications of when people like or
    comment on your pictures
   Notifications when people are following you
Linkedin
Linkedin
   Professional networking
   allows registered users to maintain a
    list of contact details of people with
    whom they have some level of
    relationship, called Connections
   Users can invite anyone (whether a
    site user or not) to become a
    connection
Linkedin
   A contact network is built up consisting of
    their direct connections, the connections of
    each of their connections (termed second-
    degree connections) and also the
    connections of second-degree connections
    (termed third-degree connections). This can
    be used to gain an introduction to someone
    a person wishes to know through a mutual
    contact.
Linkedin
   It can then be used to find jobs, people and
    business opportunities recommended by
    someone in one's contact network.
   Employers can list jobs and search for
    potential candidates.
   Users can now follow different companies
    and can get notification about the new
    joining and offers available.
   Users can save (i.e. bookmark) jobs which
    they would like to apply for.
Linkedin Profile
   Your profile is made up of your
    qualities and strengths
   You can also upload your resume for
    potential employers to see
   You can have connections write
    recommendations for you in order to
    increase your chances of getting
    employment
Linkedin
   You can see how many times people
    have viewed your profile in the past 90
    days
   You can search for jobs that may suit
    you and narrow them down to area
    (down to km)
   You can update your linkedin status
Linkedin
   www.linkedin.com/tamaraem
Pinterest
Pinterest
   Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social
    photo sharing website.
   allows users to create and manage
    theme-based image collections
   “connect everyone in the world
    through the 'things' they find
    interesting."
   Targets women
Pinterest
   Users of Pinterest create themed
    image boards, populating them with
    media found online using the "Pin It"
    button, or uploaded from their
    computer
   Each such item of media is known as
    a "pin", and can be a picture, a video,
    a discussion, or a monetary gift
Pinterest
   Pins can be grouped into "boards", which
    are sets of pins created on a given topic
   Pinterest can be accessed by adding the
    "pin it" button to the desktop bookmark bar
   To register for Pinterest, new users must
    receive an invitation from a friend already
    registered on Pinterest or request an
    invitation directly from the Pinterest website.
Pinterest Website
   www.pinterest.com
Discussion
   Which form of social media have you
    found the most interesting so far and
    why?
Palringo
Palringo
   Palringo is a server-based
    instant messaging client for various
    platforms. It supports several protocols
    such as AOL Instant Messenger (AIM),
    Yahoo! Messenger,
    Windows Live Messenger,
    XMPP/Jabber, Google Talk,
    Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, MobileMe/iChat and
    Facebook IM.
Palringo
   The application is available for most
    common desktop and mobile
    platforms. It supports
    Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone 7
    , Windows Mobile, Mac OS X, Android,
    iOS, Symbian, Java ME, bada, Linux
    and BlackBerry OS.
Palringo
   Can be used for instant messaging
   Picture sharing
   Voice messages
   Groups/chat rooms
   Can create bots and avatars
   Can change the theme of your
    palringo
Palringo
   Type of language used on palringo
   http://www.palringo.com/zh/cn/
Discussion
   Tell me what social media you have that is
    most like palringo. Do you use it on a daily
    basis? Could you live without it?
   Talk about the different type of language
    used on the social media that you use often.
    Are there any outlets that you use formal
    language on? Infomal language? Slang?
Group Work
   Talk about the language that you use on an
    everyday basis. Have you ever made up a
    language of your own?
   Have you ever made up a slang word or
    term that has caught on? If so what was it?
   Why do you think these words are created?
    What purpose do you think they serve?
Homework (on Blog)
   Now it’s your turn…
   Work with a group and talk about the
    social media that you use the most.
    Talk about the advantages and
    disadvantages of the outlet that you
    have chosen and how it became so
    essential in your everyday life.

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Language and culture. lecture two.

  • 1. Language and Culture Social Media Lecture Two
  • 2. What is Social Media?  a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.
  • 3. What is Social Media?  Social media is media for social interaction as a super-set beyond social communication  forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)
  • 4. The Social Media Era  social media has substantially changed the way organizations, communities, and individuals communicate  Social media has become highly present among younger generations
  • 5. The Social Media Era  Social Media, although dominant in younger generations has no limit  Social media has many purposes and can do anything from keep you connected to your friends to generate large amounts of money for businesses who utilize it to its full potential
  • 6. The Social Media Era  Social Media comes in many different forms such as:  Blogs: example, blogger, tumblr  Social Networking Sites — Focuses on building relationships among people with similar interests and activities. Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Friendster
  • 7. Forms of Social Media  Social News: Users submit and vote on news stories. Examples: Digg, PopURLs  Microblogging: Differs from traditional blogging because the content is delivered in short bursts of information. Example: Twitter
  • 8. Forms of Social Media  Social Q&A: Users can submit or answer questions. Examples: Answers.com, Yahoo! Answers  Video Sharing — Users can upload and comment on videos. Examples: YouTube, Vimeo
  • 9. Forms of Social Media  Photo Sharing: Users can upload and comment on photos. Examples: Flickr, PhotoBucket, Pinterest, Instagram  Social Search — Some search engines have evolved beyond providing search results into to a social media communities where users can create profiles and interact through email groups. Examples: Google, Yahoo!
  • 10. Forms of Social Media  Professional Networks: This type of social media site is a virtual world that enables business professionals to recommend one another, share information about industry-related events, post resumes, and other features. Examples: LinkedIn, Plaxo
  • 11. Forms of Social Media  Blogging Communities — Broader than niche communities and not exclusive like blog networks, blogging communities encourage bloggers to share and interact with one another as well as create regular blog posts. Examples: BlogHer, LiveJournal
  • 12. Forms of Social Media  Presentation-sharing Sites — Sharing presentations online is becoming a very popular way to set yourself apart from the crowd in your field. There is also a lot of good content available on presentation sites that bloggers can link to and share with their readers. Examples: SlideShare
  • 13. Forms of Social Media  Content-driven Communities — Also known as “Wikis.” This type of social media is popping up everywhere. The largest and most well known, of course, is Wikipedia.  Product-based Communities — Many sites that started as a means of buying and selling products online have incorporated the community aspect into their sites. The biggest sites in this type of social media are Ebay and Amazon.com.
  • 14. Discussion  Talk about what Social Media you are familiar with out of list  Do you think that Social Media is helpful or harmful for students?  10 minutes
  • 15. Social Media We Will Discuss  Over the next two lectures we will discuss the following social media:  Facebook  Twitter  Tumblr  Linkedin
  • 16. Social Media We Will Discuss  YouTube  Pinterest  Instagram  Palringo  QQ  Weibo
  • 19. Facebook  Launched in February 2004  More than 845 million users today  Must register before using the site  Free! (& always will be)
  • 20. Facebook  create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages  automatic notifications when they update their profile  Users can join common interest groups and or create them  Tagging users
  • 21. Facebook  You can make events on Facebook and invite a lot more people, a lot faster  Easier to monitor the attendees and the possible attendees of your events  Ability to make events private, open or secret ( good for surprise parties)
  • 22. Facebook  Very useful for finding people you have not seen in a long time  Good for sending messages to fellow Facebook users as well as group messages  Ability to update your profile with new profile pictures and information about yourself
  • 23. Facebook  Friends can post on your wall  You can post pictures and also make photo albums with up to 200 photos an album  “Like” is a common Facebook function  You often press the ‘like’ button for statuses, pictures and comments on Facebook
  • 24. Facebook--Banned  Facebook has run into issues with its privacy features and therefore has been banned in countries such as China, Iran, Syria, Pakistan
  • 25. Discussion  What do you think about the concept of Facebook  Do you know individuals who still access Facebook through VPN and proxies? Do you think this is worth it in China or are you satisfied with the social media equivalents that you have? Do you wish you could access Facebook?  10 minutes
  • 28. Twitter  Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets"
  • 29. Twitter  Twitter allows you to microblog  It is more acceptable to update what you are doing and pictures frequently  More of a social media that you would have on the go  Allows you to tweet including your location and allows you to tweet pictures and maps of exactly where you are
  • 30. Twitter Culture  Trending topics are ways that people are able to see what is popular on twitter for the time being  Things that are trending gain popularity and momentum by the use of hash tags  A hashtag appears in the form of a number sign "#" before the word or phrase that you wish to trend
  • 31. Twitter Culture  There is usually a list of 10 trending topics that are the most popular at the time, with the most popular of the topics being at the top of the list and the least popular of the 10 being at the bottom of the list
  • 32. Twitter Culture  The reason why hashtags are so popular is because they exist in place of the "groups" that were discussed earlier with Facebook  Once you click on a hashtag you can see all of the other tweets that contain the word or phrase that is hashtagged  You can add hashtags to your tweets that already exist or make up some of your own with hopes of them becoming a trending topic
  • 33. Twitter Culture  Hashtags are highlighted in your tweet and appear in a different colour than the rest of your tweet
  • 34. Followers  Unlike friends on Facebook, on twitter your friends and others that are interested in your twitter profile are called followers  You are able to follow as many people as you would like and you are able to accumulate as many followers as you can on twitter  Oftentimes people on twitter follow their friends first and then the celebrities that they love most
  • 35. Twitter Culture  You can also follow organizations and businesses that you are fond of, airlines, coffee shops, schools, radio stations, etc. nowadays, everyone is making a twitter account for their business because of the free publicity it gives their business.
  • 36. Mentions  You can mention a fellow twitter user by using the “@” sign followed by that users username  Example: @teemair that was fun tonight, we need to do that again soon!  This tags that user in your tweet and allows them to get a notification once they have been mentioned
  • 37. Mentions  You can check your mentions through a tab on your twitter  You can also see other peoples mentions, who mentioned them, and how many times they have been mentioned
  • 39. Instagram  Instagram is a free photo sharing application that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter, then share it a variety of social networking services including Instagram's own.  distinctive feature confines photos into a square shape, in homage to both the Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid cameras
  • 40. Instagram  Instagram is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 3.1.2 or above.  Instagram has 16 different filters that you can use to enhance your photo  You can add or remove borders and add comments to your photos and the photos of your friends and favourite celebrities
  • 42. Instagram  Like twitter, you can follow people on Instagram and ‘like’ and comment on their pictures (like Facebook)  There is a picture feed that shows you all the recently posted pictures of the people you are following  Notifications of when people like or comment on your pictures  Notifications when people are following you
  • 44. Linkedin  Professional networking  allows registered users to maintain a list of contact details of people with whom they have some level of relationship, called Connections  Users can invite anyone (whether a site user or not) to become a connection
  • 45. Linkedin  A contact network is built up consisting of their direct connections, the connections of each of their connections (termed second- degree connections) and also the connections of second-degree connections (termed third-degree connections). This can be used to gain an introduction to someone a person wishes to know through a mutual contact.
  • 46. Linkedin  It can then be used to find jobs, people and business opportunities recommended by someone in one's contact network.  Employers can list jobs and search for potential candidates.  Users can now follow different companies and can get notification about the new joining and offers available.  Users can save (i.e. bookmark) jobs which they would like to apply for.
  • 47. Linkedin Profile  Your profile is made up of your qualities and strengths  You can also upload your resume for potential employers to see  You can have connections write recommendations for you in order to increase your chances of getting employment
  • 48. Linkedin  You can see how many times people have viewed your profile in the past 90 days  You can search for jobs that may suit you and narrow them down to area (down to km)  You can update your linkedin status
  • 49. Linkedin  www.linkedin.com/tamaraem
  • 51. Pinterest  Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website.  allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections  “connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting."  Targets women
  • 52. Pinterest  Users of Pinterest create themed image boards, populating them with media found online using the "Pin It" button, or uploaded from their computer  Each such item of media is known as a "pin", and can be a picture, a video, a discussion, or a monetary gift
  • 53. Pinterest  Pins can be grouped into "boards", which are sets of pins created on a given topic  Pinterest can be accessed by adding the "pin it" button to the desktop bookmark bar  To register for Pinterest, new users must receive an invitation from a friend already registered on Pinterest or request an invitation directly from the Pinterest website.
  • 54. Pinterest Website  www.pinterest.com
  • 55. Discussion  Which form of social media have you found the most interesting so far and why?
  • 57. Palringo  Palringo is a server-based instant messaging client for various platforms. It supports several protocols such as AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, XMPP/Jabber, Google Talk, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, MobileMe/iChat and Facebook IM.
  • 58. Palringo  The application is available for most common desktop and mobile platforms. It supports Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone 7 , Windows Mobile, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Symbian, Java ME, bada, Linux and BlackBerry OS.
  • 59. Palringo  Can be used for instant messaging  Picture sharing  Voice messages  Groups/chat rooms  Can create bots and avatars  Can change the theme of your palringo
  • 60. Palringo  Type of language used on palringo  http://www.palringo.com/zh/cn/
  • 61. Discussion  Tell me what social media you have that is most like palringo. Do you use it on a daily basis? Could you live without it?  Talk about the different type of language used on the social media that you use often. Are there any outlets that you use formal language on? Infomal language? Slang?
  • 62. Group Work  Talk about the language that you use on an everyday basis. Have you ever made up a language of your own?  Have you ever made up a slang word or term that has caught on? If so what was it?  Why do you think these words are created? What purpose do you think they serve?
  • 63. Homework (on Blog)  Now it’s your turn…  Work with a group and talk about the social media that you use the most. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the outlet that you have chosen and how it became so essential in your everyday life.