Category Archives: Terminology

June 29, 2008 · 11:18 pm

What is Social Media / Social Network?

Social Media
The term social media refers to the different types media that  that are available on the Web for information disaplay and exchange. It depends on interactions between people  using technology as a conduit.

  • forums / message boards
  • instant messaging / email
  • blogs
  • wikis
  • podcasts
  • pictures/photo sharing
  • video

Social Network
The term social network commonly refers to an online community that shares common interest or is connected in some way.

  • Commonly used social media applications are:
  •  Google Groups (social network)
  •  Wikipedia (wiki)
  •  MySpace (social networking) / Facebook (social network)
  •  YouTube (social network and video sharing)
  • Flickr (photo sharing)
  • Twitter (social network and microblogging) 

Traditional media

  •  television
  • book
  • radio

 

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June 29, 2008 · 10:45 pm

Aggregator

An  aggregatorcommonly known as a feed reader, RSS reader or news reader  is a software program (such as iTunes) which is installed on your computer or a Web application (such as Bloglines) which aggregates or “pulls in” syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, and podcasts in a single location for easy viewing.

 The syndicated content an aggregator will retrieve and interpret is usually supplied in the form of RSS or other XML-formatted data, such as RDF/XML or Atom.

News Sites as aggregators
Some websites such as Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon and Yahoo Buzz which allow users to rate and submit articles function as a news aggregator site because they contain much user submitted data.

Social Media Aggregators
Some web applications such a friendfeed function as a social media aggregator. It allows you to access all of your aocial media sites from on e place.

 

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May 25, 2008 · 4:13 pm

What is a Podcast?

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A podcast is a way to broadcast multimedia files—audio or video—over the Internet for playback on mobile devices (ex. MP3 players) and personal computers. Podcasting lets the podcaster create a broadcast about a subject of interest to him/her and their subscribers. Subscribers simply download the podcast and listen to it at their convenience.

iTunes mp3Apple pretty much introduced podcasting when they developed the iPod and and iTunes

File types supported: mp3 or m4a for audio, mov or m4v for video

More information at: http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcastsfaq.html

 

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May 21, 2008 · 2:32 am

What is a Blog?

Blogs are one of the more popular technologies of Web 2.0. They have enabled anyone to start publishing and expressing theri ideas on the Web.

“Blog” is an abbreviated version of “weblog,” which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog is a frequently updated, personal website featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites. Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.

Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as web design, home staging, sports, or mobile technology. Some are more eclectic, presenting links to all types of other sites. And others are more like personal journals, presenting the author’s daily life and thoughts.

Generally speaking blogs tend to have a few things in common:

  • A main content area with articles listed chronologically, newest on top. Often, the articles are organized into categories.
  • An archive of older articles.
  • A way for people to leave comments about the articles.
  • A list of links to other related sites, sometimes called a “blogroll”.
  • One or more “feeds” like RSS, Atom or RDF files.

Taken from http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging

 

 

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