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Social media

Social media is the medium through which internet users can contact and share information over the internet.

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Social media

Tumblr

Internet; Social media

Tumblr is the 6th most popular social network in the world at 110,000,000 estimated unique monthly visitors. It was founded in February 2007 and its headquarters is in New York City. The concept of ...

Vine

Internet; Social media

Vine is a short-form video sharing service that has more than 42,000,000 estimated unique monthly visitors. Vine allows its users to record short videos and share them with followers. The videos ...

Flickr

Internet; Social media

Flickr (pronounced "flicker") is an image hosting and video hosting website. It was acquired by Yahoo in 2005. It is used by many bloggers to host images that they embed in their blogs and social ...

new media

Internet; Internet communication

An all-purpose term referring to all available content on the Internet which can be accessed any time on any electronic device with Internet connectivity. Some examples of such content include social ...

Instagram

Online services; Social media

A social media website and smartphone application owned by Facebook that allows users to take, edit and share both photographs and videos on a variety of social media platforms. Note: Users can ...

Facebook

Online services; Social media

A giant social media network with a multifaceted website and mobile application. Remarks: Facebook is used to virtually post and share text, images and videos with other users from around the ...

Facebook Hashtag

Internet; Social media

A feature that consists of adding the number sign # to a word or a phrase in order to turn it into a clickable link. Note: This allows Facebook users to share content and join public conversations ...

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