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Social Media and Social Networking

Social Networking

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Social Media and Social Networking

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Web 2.0: It’s the Sharing!

• Web 2.0, a phrase coined in 2004, refers to a perceived second generation of web-based services emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.

• Web 2.0 is all about interaction, and sharing, and linking!

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Four Top Sites• Facebook: Keeping up with friends & family• Twitter: Much ado in 140 words or less• YouTube: Videos, videos, and videos• Flickr: A billion images of absolutely

everything

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Some you (maybe)haven’t heard about

• StumbleUpon: to share interesting sites• Live Mocha: to learn a new language• Delicious: to bookmark excellent web pages• CaringBridge: to face a health crisis• GovLoop: for government employees• GoodReads: to share & learn about new books• SlideShare: to find presentations about…• Blogger: to share “whatever”

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Why are we doing this???

• To stay connected with family and friends• Create “ambient intimacy”• Share photos and videos• Send and receive information about

shared interests and hobbies• Accomplish work-related goals• Learn new skills

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Basic Tools• Social networking sites• User content sites like Flickr and

YouTube• Micromedia like Twitter and text

messages• User customized experiences, like

apps, widgets and RSS feeds

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• 350 million users today• Thousand Oaks Library has a FB page• Promote your business or non-profit• Keep up-to-date with family• Stay closer to friends• Connect with groups• Plan events

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The Facebook signup page

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Fill it in with your information…

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Your chance to prove you’re an actual human being

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Sign Up for Facebook

• You need a valid email address• Agree to terms of service • Follow the instructions: Full name please…no

fake names, no fantasy aliases• Create a password• Date of birth (later, you can hide all or some)• Security test to prove you’re not a spamming

robot

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Setting up your profile

• Contact information• Relationships: Married? Single? Committed?• Personal info: favorite book, film, music…

anything that’s “about me”• Education and work history• A photo of yourself

YOU CAN EASILY CHANGE YOUR PROFILE INFO AT ANY TIME

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Safety and Privacy on Facebook

• Make several “Friends” lists• Decide who can see what on your Profile• Who can see your address and phone number• Decide who can find you on Facebook via

Search• Stop sharing personal information with

unknown applicants

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Three FB settings for everyone

1. Who can see the things you share?

• From settings, go to “Privacy Settings”• Click on “Profile Information”• Scroll to “Posts by Me” • Using drop-down box on right, check “Only

Friends”

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Privacy Settings

2. Who can see your Personal Information

• From “Privacy Settings” click on “Profile Information”

• Lock down personal info (birthday, religion, relationships) to “Only Friends”

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Privacy Settings

3. What Google Can See

• Back to “Privacy Settings”• Click “Search”• Click “Close” on the pop-up message• Uncheck the box labeled “Allow” next to the

second setting “Public Search Results”

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Choose your FB friends wisely

• Random stranger? Click “ignore” • There’s no contest to win• Your FB friends are about quality, not quantity• The average number of FB friends is about

100, but it’s great with 20 or even fewer• Use Friend Finder to create your lists of FB

friends

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Need More Help? Don’t forget books on the Thousand Oaks Library shelf

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Micro-blogging with

TwitterMake your point in 140 characters

• Follow• Not Follow• Block

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Twitter apps

• TwitterFox : This application adds a tiny icon on the status bar which notifies you when your friends update their tweets, and lets you add your own tweet

• TweetDeck: See everything at once• TwitPic: Tweet your photos• Dozens more are out there

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The T.O. Library has books on Twitter too

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flickr and

• A way to store & share your photographs and videos

• Keep creating lists: family, friends, groups and the whole wide world

• Easy and free• Practice makes perfect• Sharing is the heart of flickr and YouTube, but…• You don’t need an account to search and view

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what is flickr?A popular website where you can store, search, sort, and share your digital photographs

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why do so many people use it

FunCheapSimple

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flickr ID = yahoo! ID

Yahoo! owns

Flickr.com

Sign up for a new Yahoo!

account here

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Open a YouTube account the same way as Flickr, Facebook, Twitter…

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Would you like to view the Twitter videos later?

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Then click on a link…and watch

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The Thousand Oaks Library has books about Flickr and

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What we learned today

• The concept of Social Media & Networking and what it means

• Why we might be interested in Social Media involvement

• Basic information about some big players in Social Media, including FaceBook & Twitter

• How to protect your privacy and still have fun

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Thank you very much for joining us

today