SOCIAL MEDIA

Group Members:

Aleena-14324

Amna-14314

Aqib-10856

Faiza-14326

Riffat-14203

Sana-12877

Term Presentation Computer

Applications

Course Code: MIS 401

Semester: Fall 2012

Faculty: Syed Farhan Mazhar 1

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Media is the future of communication

internet based tools and platforms for sharing of information

Makes the transfer of text, photos, audio, video, and information very quick and easy

Used among general users to Business world

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TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

WIKI’s FORUM’s BLOG’s Social Networking

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WIKI’S

Developed in mid-1990s

To provide collaborative discussions

Allows the user to add in or to erase something via a web browser

It does not welcome casual visitors

It works on the phenomenon of “multiple collaborations

It promotes democratic use of a website

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ESSENTIAL’S OF WIKI’S

Unique Feature its multiple contributors

A wiki web page may be authored and edited by a number of people.

Not only may an individual contributor edit their own work, but also edit the work of others.

Wiki pages are always in the process of being edited.

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APPLICATIONS OF WIKI’S

A wiki can be a great way to plan and manage a project, from conception to completion.

In the early 2000s, wikis was increasingly adopted in enterprise as collaborative software

Common uses included project communication, intranets, and documentation, initially for technical users

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Forums

Forum is a place where people from different

areas of the world could meet and share

experiences and exchange words on different

modes of interests

Internet Forums

1. online places for discussions

2. creating a post, responding on some posts

3. Other Names are Online community or Virtual community message boards, Discussion groups, Bulletin Boards and web forums

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BASIC RULES FOR JOINING ANY FORUM

Follow certain online rules- netiquettes

user id and a password required

Presence of a moderator

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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF FORUMS

Text-based

No physical cues

Information overload

Threads

Time lag

Inefficient

• Flexibility

• Leveling

• Documented

• Encourages reflection

• Relevance

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SOCIAL NETWORKS

Sites where people connect and communicate with other people by posting comments, information, images, messages, etc

Its a network of social interactions and helps to exploit business

The Social networks can be small or large.

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7 MAJOR CATEGORIES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

1. Social Connections

2. Multimedia Sharing

3. Professional

4. Informational

5. Educational

6. Hobbies

7. Academic

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SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

In business it creates cost effective strategies and campaigns

It has a power to attract people to your website, blog, articles, etc

It enables people to meet at a single point global wise and share their views

Social media marketing could always be a fun and creative method of doing business

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Mag­nify our existing social behav­iors.

Social media users tend to have larger social cir­cles and more close social ties than non- users Research

The research sug­gests that social media can cat­alyze close, sup­portive, civi­cally engaged relationships.

Negative impacts on Students

Negative impacts on Common People

Positives Negatives

EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SOCIETY

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CONCLUSION

1. Social media is very fast growing medium in all over the world got a huge attention of individuals & businesses.

2. In near future further evolution of how to produce and consume marketing messages Is expected to be seen

3. People are more focused towards social media & giving less time to mass media

4. Becoming the best place for customer services

5. Portable devices are also increasing the integration of mass & social media

6. Have room to grow and rectify along with rectifying negative impacts to make a it a more useful tool

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