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The six main forms of social media are:

- BLOGS

- MICROBLOGGING

- FORUMS

- PODCASTS

- SOCIAL NETWORKS

- WIKIS

a wiki is:

- “A PIECE OF SERVER SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS USERS TO FREELY CREATE AND EDIT WEBPAGE SOFTWARE USING ANY BROWSER”

- wiki.org – “what is wiki”

wikipedia:

a blog is:

- “A WEBSITE WHERE ENTRIES ARE MADE IN JOURNAL STYLE AND DISPLAYED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER”

- www.sussexlearningnetwork.org.uk

guardian blog:

a forum is:

- “A WEB APPLICATION FOR HOLDING DISCUSSIONS AND POSTING USER GENERATED CONTENT”

- www.sussexlearningnetwork.org.uk

example of a forum:

a podcast is:

- AN AUDIO FILE OF SOMEBODY TALKING IN A “CHAT SHOW” STYLE THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM PLACES LIKE ITUNES.

- SORT OF LIKE AN “AUDIO-BLOG”

the ricky gervais podcast:

microblogging is:

- “THE PRACTICE OF SENDING BRIEF POSTS TO A PERSONAL BLOG ON A MICROBLOGGING WEBSITE, SUCH AS TWITTER OR JAIKU”

- http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com

twitter:

a social network is:- “AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE WHICH ALLOWS USERS TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE THEY KNOW OR WHO HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTS”

- THE MOST POPULAR SITES ARE FACEBOOK, MYSPACE AND BEBO

facebook:

myspace:

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