{"id":468,"date":"2013-11-21T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faq.clix.co\/?p=468"},"modified":"2013-11-21T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:58:16","slug":"social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/2013\/11\/21\/social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Social Media?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Social media<\/b>\u00a0refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and\/or exchange information and ideas in\u00a0virtual communities\u00a0and\u00a0networks.\u00a0Andreas Kaplan\u00a0and Michael Haenlein define\u00a0<b>social media<\/b>\u00a0as &#8220;a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of\u00a0Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of\u00a0user-generated content.&#8221;\u00a0Furthermore, social media depends 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. It introduces substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_497\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/SocialMediaLandscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497\" class=\"size-full wp-image-497\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/SocialMediaLandscape.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/SocialMediaLandscape.jpg 600w, https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/SocialMediaLandscape-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/SocialMediaLandscape-60x45.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: fredcavazza.net<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some of the most-used social networks include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Google+<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinterest<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>YouTube<\/li>\n<li>Instagram<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: wikipedia.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media\u00a0refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and\/or exchange information and ideas in\u00a0virtual communities\u00a0and\u00a0networks.\u00a0Andreas Kaplan\u00a0and Michael Haenlein define\u00a0social media\u00a0as &#8220;a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of\u00a0Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of\u00a0user-generated content.&#8221;\u00a0Furthermore, social media depends on mobile and web-based technologies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-media-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/clix.co\/faq\/2013\/11\/21\/social-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Social Media? 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