The first video discusses social networking and social media and how they are different. Social networking is people getting together and talking, or sharing ideas. Social media is how the internet reshaped social networking.
The following video discusses how social media is transforming typical forms of media. The ability for anyone and everyone to be able to create and publish content online is unlike any form of media we had in the 20th century.
The greatest part of social media is the potential for any piece of information to be shared globally. As stated in the video above, news of the massive earthquake in China last year was first reported by citizens, and not major news channels. In real-time, people were uploading pictures to Flickr, video to YouTube, and messages to Twitter about the earthquake. This shift in media will usher in a new era; changing how we communicate as a community, as a nation, and as a planet.
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