Practical Law Glossary Item 6-505-4136 (Approx. 3 pages)
Glossary
Social Media
Internet or mobile-based websites, applications, and services that allow end-user interaction. While traditional media provide for one-way communication, social media enable bidirectional and multidirectional communications between and among users. Social media exist as both:
Sites and applications dedicated to user interactivity, for example, social networking sites.
Social or interactive features of otherwise traditional sites, for example, a blog that invites user comments on an otherwise static website.
Social media take many forms, including:
Social and business networking, such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Blogging and microblogging, including blogs on traditional websites and applications like Twitter.
Content sharing (including user-generated content) and viral publication, such as YouTube.
Wikis, which are databases of web pages that can be edited live by the public, such as Wikipedia.
Virtual worlds and multiplayer online role-playing games, like Second Life.