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Session 3 Media Sharing Tools and team leadership

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Themed or Niche Social Networking So what do I mean by Niche social networking? Niche social networking is where you share and network based on particular areas of interest such as films, music, reading and cooking. This way you get to share with like-minded people and people with similar interests to you. Most websites allow you to interact (which is what Web 2.0 is all about), even if it is as simple as being able to leave a comment and reply to comments. Many of the Niche Social Networks allow you to join and log in with your Facebook login, which means that you don't have to remember lots of different login details and it also allows you to share information from these sites on Facebook. Examples of Niche social networking sites that I use: https://www.taste.com.au/ https://www.backyardchickens.com/  (This is also a forum) https://www.goodreads.com/ For the activities/discussion tasks, here are a few ideas that you might be able to share The name of the site or a

Session 2 Social Media Categories

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Social Media Definition from Wikipedia: Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. 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." Furthermore, social media depend 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. They introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals. Some Social Media Charts. The number and definition of categories of Social media vary from article to article and can be anything from 5 upwards. There are lots of text-based lists of categories, but I

Session 1 Introduction to Social Media

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What is Social Media? "Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by sharing and consuming information." Excerpt from:  https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-social-media-explaining-the-big-trend-3486616 . Read the article. History of Social Media Watch the following YouTube clip:  The History of Social Media, TechQuickie Watch the following YouTube clip:  Top 10 Social Networks | 2003 - 2020, Latos Charts Class Discussion (Whiteboard) What year did you open your first social media account? What was it? What application do you use the most? Why? For me, it was October 2007 for Facebook and April 2009 for Twitter, which I rarely post on. I am pretty simple and tend to stick with Instagram and Facebook, I have a couple of Instagram accounts, including one for my ragdoll cat, Yuki. Class Facebook Group This year's class Facebook group can be found here This unit is called: ICTWEB201 Use Social Medi