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This document provides an overview of social media. It begins with defining social media as internet-based technologies that allow users to share content like personal information, photos, and videos. It then outlines the main advantages of social media like connectivity, education, and information sharing. Potential disadvantages are also discussed, such as decreased face-to-face communication skills. The document also reviews key parts of social media like social networking and listening. Popular social media sites are examined in more detail, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. In under 3 sentences, this document defines social media and reviews its advantages and disadvantages at a high level.

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Vidisha Sharma Social Media Sites 2 Namaste To Share With You

This document provides an overview of social media. It begins with defining social media as internet-based technologies that allow users to share content like personal information, photos, and videos. It then outlines the main advantages of social media like connectivity, education, and information sharing. Potential disadvantages are also discussed, such as decreased face-to-face communication skills. The document also reviews key parts of social media like social networking and listening. Popular social media sites are examined in more detail, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. In under 3 sentences, this document defines social media and reviews its advantages and disadvantages at a high level.

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Name- Vidisha Sharma


Class – 9 B
Roll number- 38
Contents
Unit 1- social media
Unit 2 – advantages of social media
sites
Unit 3 – Disadvantages of social media
sites
Unit 4 – Parts of social media
Social media –
The term social media refers to a computer-based
technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas,
thoughts, and information  through virtual networks
and communities. Social media is internet-based and
gives users quick electronic communication of
content, such as personal information, documents,
videos, and photos. Users engage with social media
via a computer, tablet, or
smartphone via web-
based software or
applications. While
social media is
ubiquitous in America and Europe, Asian countries
like Indonesia lead the list of social media
usage. More than 4.5 billion people use social media,
as of October 2021.
Advantages of social media
sites :
 Connectivity. Connectivity is among the
most significant benefits of social media
 Education. The use of social media in
education is commendable
 Information and Updates
 Awareness
 Share Anything With
Others
 Helps in Building Communities
 Noble Cause
Disadvantages of social media sites :
 Lacks Emotional Connection
 Gives People a License to be Hurtful
 Decreases Face-to-Face Communication
Skills
 Conveys Inauthentic Expression of
Feelings
 Diminishes
Understanding and
Thoughtfulness
 Causes Face-to-Face Interactions to Feel
Disconnected
 Facilitates Laziness
Parts of the social media
There are 4 keys parts of social media

1. Social
influencing
2. Social
networking
3. Social selling
4. : social listening
 Some example of social media

1. Whatsapp
2. Facebook
3. Instagram
4. Twitter
 Whatsapp
WhatsApp is a free cross-platform messaging
service. It lets users of iPhone and Android
smartphones and Mac and Windows PC call and
exchange text, photo, audio and video messages
with others across the globe for free, regardless
of the recipient's device. WhatsApp uses a Wi-Fi
connection to
communicate cross-
platform,
unlike Apple
iMessage and
Messages by Google, which require cellular
networks and Short
MessageService (SMS).WhatsApp's use of Wi-Fi
is cost-effective, making it popular with users
who do not have data plans with unlimited calls
and  text messaging. Its  cross-platform feature is
also popular with people who have family
abroad, travel internationally or live outside the
United States. WhatsApp lets smartphone users
easily chat
Instagram
 Instagram is
a photo and  video
sharing  social networking
service  owned by American
company  Meta Platforms. The app allows users
to upload media that can be edited
with  filters  and organized
by  hashtags  and geographical tagging. Posts
can be shared publicly or with preapproved
followers. Users can browse other users' content
by tag and location, view trending
content, like  photos, and follow other users to
add their content to a personal feed
 Twitter
Twitter  is an online  social
media  and  social
networking service  owned
and operated by American
company  Twitter, Inc., on which users
send and respond publicly or privately
280-character-long messages, images
and videos known as
"tweets".  Registered users  can tweet,
like, 'retweet' tweets and  direct
message  (DM), while unregistered users
only have the ability to view public
tweets. Users interact with Twitter
through browser or
mobile  frontend  software, or
programmatically via it  APIs.
 Facebook

Facebook  isan
online  social media  and  social networking
service  owned by American company  Meta
Platforms. Founded in 2004 by  Mark
Zuckerberg  with fellow  Harvard
College  studentsandroommates  Eduardo
Saverin,  Andrew McCollum,  Dustin Moskovitz,
and  Chris Hughes, its name comes from the  face
book  directories often given to American
university students. Membership was initially
limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding
to other North American universities and, since
2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022,
Facebook claimed 2.93  billion monthly active
users
Thank
you
Name- Vidisha Sharma

Class – 9 B

Roll number- 38

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