[Air-L] Definitions of Social Media

[Christopher J. Richter]

Julian,

Thanks for this compendium. Very useful for teaching about social media. My students' will "derive value from (your) user generated content!"

Cheers,
Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Hollins University
Roanoke VA, USA

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:16 AM, Julian Hopkins <julian.hopkins at monash.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> following the useful sharing of definitions of social media a few weeks
> ago, I compiled them and put them on a blog post for myself and for my
> students.
> 
> If anyone is interested, it's here:
> http://julianhopkins.com/how-to-define-social-media-an-academic-summary/
> 
> I also noted that Miller et al.'s more anthropological, 'culture as text'
> approach was not mentioned:
> 
> "Social media should not be seen primarily as the platforms upon which
> people post, but rather as the contents that are posted on these
> platforms." (Miller et al. 2016: 61)
> 
> MILLER, D., E. COSTA, N. HAYNES, ET AL. 2016. How the World Changed Social
> Media. London: UCL Press (available on-line:
> https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/how-world-changed-social-media,
> accessed 15 April 2016).
> 
> 
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