[Air-l] Definition for Social Media?

[Ellis Godard]

Which media are asocial?

-eg

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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Niels Hendriks
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> Subject: [Air-l] Definition for Social Media?
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> Dear List-members,
> 
> in the past I have always been able to rely on the common 
> knowledge of this list & I wish to thank you all for this. 
> Once again I'm hoping for some help with this...
> 
> 
> As we (Belgian Master course in Communication & Multimedia Design -
> http://c-md.khlim.be) are working out new guidelines for 
> Master theses,we are in search for the/a correct definition 
> of Social Media.
> 
> What we want to express with the term social media is the 
> fact that in media design we are aware of the existence of 
> others and the collaborations we see happening through the 
> so-called social software. Concrete examples of social media 
> are online communites, social networking places, social 
> sharing tools (flickr),....
> 
> Although this is a nice start, we tend to feel that this is a 
> very limited definition as we easily end up with an endless 
> list of possible social practices, but not a more "abstract" 
> definition.
> 
> 
> Can you help us with this?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Niels Hendriks
> 
> niels.hendriks at mda.khlim.be
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> http://c-md.khlim.be
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