All this information is based on my class readings for EGL303: How the World Changed Social media "What Is Social Media?"
"1.1 What Is Social About Social Media?" from Christian Fuchs' Social Media: A Critical Introduction, 2nd Ediition.
"Why It's So Hard to Delete Facebook" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-its-so-hard-to-deletefacebook/ from Scientific American.
Social Media Through Technology
sociality
define what is popularly called social media but also includes prior media is thus to describe the new situation as increasingly
scalable sociality
For our definition and approach to be sustainable
we also have to bear in mind the new social media platforms that are constantly being developed, and the likelihood that some will become very successful in the future.
social media platforms
these are groups rather than
the networks of any one person
scales
public
private
new forms of social media emerge
two key scales
from the smallest
group to the largest groups
from the most
private to the most public
go over the map
put your mind to work
recall as many details as you can about the keywords you added
Creation of the internet
technologies
have changed us
make info
easier to remember
interesting
save time
positive consequences
immediate access to resources
group-based interactions within media
artificial intelligence
negative consequences
scaling-down of public broadcasting
social consequences
scaled up
from private communication
emotional consequences
Social Relations
All computing systems, and therefore all web applications, as well as all forms of media can be considered as social because they store and transmit human knowledge that originates in social relations in society.
They are objectifications of society and human relations
Social media has given us potential for communication and interaction that we did not previously possess
connect with people from the same circle
Instagram
Twitter
Snapchat
communicate with people who are not near you
Facebook
BBM
MSN
WhatsApp
dyadic communication
uncommon to create group-based interactions within media such as the telephone
you'll come up with original ideas
media that facilitated private communication between
two people as one-to-one conversations, for example a telephone conversation
People could meet
in groups face to face
polymedia
recognizes that none of these platforms can be properly understood if considered in isolation because the
meaning and use of each one is relative to the others
Previously people might have assumed that cost or access explained why users chose one media or platform rather than another
Today, however, people seem increasingly free to choose between these platforms, and so may be judged on their choices
