Social Media systems such as blog, wikis, social networks, podcast, videos, photos, social bookmarking, micro-blogging, and message forums have become an important new way to publish information, engage in discussion increase social interactions, and establish interest-base communities on the internet.
Their reach and impacts are significant, with tens of millions of people producing contents on a daily basis across the glob. Universities, Schools, traditional print and broadcast media, Government, Public and NGOs are now working deeply to understand how to adapt and use social media effectively.
Online users, both generations ‘X’ and ‘Y’, are determining how social media technology can improve their lives and give them more voice in the world.
In this interesting time we should must better understand the information ecosystem of these new publication methods in order to make them more useful, trustworthy and reliable.
We are moving towards a time when all media will be social (Matt Dickman 2009).
Their reach and impacts are significant, with tens of millions of people producing contents on a daily basis across the glob. Universities, Schools, traditional print and broadcast media, Government, Public and NGOs are now working deeply to understand how to adapt and use social media effectively.
Online users, both generations ‘X’ and ‘Y’, are determining how social media technology can improve their lives and give them more voice in the world.
In this interesting time we should must better understand the information ecosystem of these new publication methods in order to make them more useful, trustworthy and reliable.
We are moving towards a time when all media will be social (Matt Dickman 2009).
