As defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, social media are forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "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."(Social, n.d.). For more information on Web 2.0 and social networking presented by the ALA please see Social Networking by the American Library Association.
Social media includes web-based and mobile based technologies which are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue between organizations, communities, and individuals (Social, n.d.). Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, wikis, and gaming are just a few examples of social media that we see in our society today.
In the history of technology, emerging technologies are
contemporary advances and innovation in various fields of technology. Various
converging technologies have emerged in the technological convergence of
different systems evolving towards similar goals. Convergence can refer to
previously separate technologies such as voice (and telephony features), data
(and productivity applications) and video that now share resources and interact
with each other, creating new efficiencies (Emerging, n.d.).
Emerging Technologies. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved May 20, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging_technologies
Social Media. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved May 20, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media#cite_ref-0
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