social media [English]

Syndetic Relationships

InterPARES Definition

n. ~ Online services intended to promote open-ended discussion and sharing among voluntary members of a community based on common interests, rather than seeking task-oriented goals by select individuals.

General Notes

Examples include Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as public comments on websites, blogs, and wikis. Discussion and sharing may include any format, including text and graphics.

Other Definitions

  • ANSI/ARMA 18-2011 (†474 p.4): Tools and platforms, usually on the Internet, specifically designed for participatory interaction such as publishing, conversing, and sharing content, including multimedia. The tools include, but are not limited to blogs, wikis, photo or video sharing, microblogging, and social networking sites.
  • Gartner IT Glossary (†298 s.v. "social media"): online environment in which content is created, consumed, promoted, distributed, discovered or shared for purposes that are primarily related to communities and social activities, rather than functional, task-oriented objectives. “Media” in this context is an environment characterized by storage and transmission, while “social” describes the distinct way that these messages propagate in a one-to-many or many-to-many fashion.
  • Gartner IT Glossary (†298 s.v. social media): An online environment in which content is created, consumed, promoted, distributed, discovered or shared for purposes that are primarily related to communities and social activities, rather than functional, task-oriented objectives. “Media” in this context is an environment characterized by storage and transmission, while “social” describes the distinct way that these messages propagate in a one-to-many or many-to-many fashion.
  • Wikipedia (†387 s.v. social media): Computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.

Citations

  • Chun et al., 2010 (†471 2): 'Web 2.0 Technologies" refer to a collection of social media through which individuals are active participants in creating, organizing, editing, combining, sharing, commenting, and rating Web content as well as forming a social network through interacting and linking to each other. The Web created using these social media is called Web 2.0 or Social Web. The Web 2.0 technologies include blogs, wikis, social networking hubs, (e.g., Facebook, MySpace), Web-based communication modes (e.g., chatting, chat groups), photo-sharing (e.g., Flickr), video casting and sharing (e.g., YouTube), audiosharing (e.g. podcasts), mashups, widgets, virtual worlds, microblogs (e.g., Twitter), social annotation and bookmarking of Web sites, and many more. (†666)
  • Freed, 2010 (†472 p. 3): The Controlled Social Media segment and the Sponsored Social Media segment are marketing driven, while the Viral Social Media segment is out of your control. (†2742)
  • Kurian 2013 (†576 s.v. social media): Various forms of electronic communication, including Facebook and Twitter. Also termed social network. (†1082)