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SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU
Social media sites are essentially online
communities for people to share ideas and
stories, obtain information, and connect in
order to engage in constant opportunities
for dialogue.
As social media grew in popularity, it
quickly eliminated many barriers to access
since most of these networking sites are
available on computers, tablets, and
smartphones. We can now instantly
communicate with people throughout the
world.
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Facebook allows users to
connect with friends and
family, network with other
professionals, search for
entertainment and share
ideas, thoughts, and
experiences in their lives
with others. Due to its massive number of
users, Facebook is the best place to create
a large following.
How to Use Facebook:
Update your status.
Interact with your friends by liking,
commenting, or sharing their posts.
Scroll through your News Feed to find
the latest news, recent updates, and
entertainment.
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Instagram is a photo-
sharing app that allows you
to make edits to photos and
videos before you
post them.
You have the option of
subscribing to the accounts of your favorite
celebrities, news outlets, and coworkers to
keep up with their daily lives. You also have
the option of setting your account to
private so you can control who is viewing
your content.
How to Use Instagram:
Post a photo or video.
Add a filter and make it pretty!
Interact with your followers by liking,
commenting, or sharing their posts.
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Pinterest is a virtual
bulletin board that allows
you to organize and share
all the beautiful, fun, and
interesting things you find
on the web called Pins.
Pins can be anything from trip planning
ideas to home improvement hacks. You
can browse boards created by other
people to find new things and get
inspiration from people who share
your interests.
How to Use Pinterest:
Scroll through your Pinterest feed or
search for a topic.
Find Pins that inspire you.
Save Pins to your boards for later.
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Twitter is an information
network made up of 280-
character text snippets
called Tweets from people
all over the world.
Twitter is also the site that
originated incorporating hashtags into the
social media vocabulary. A hashtag is any
word or phrase immediately preceded by
the # symbol.
How to Use Twitter:
Scroll through your Twitter feed or
search for topics and hashtags.
Interact with your followers by liking,
replying, or retweeting their Tweets.
Post Tweets to your profile to
start conversations.
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YouTube is a free video-
hosting website that
allows members to store
and serve video content.
If you don’t wish to post
your own content, you
can create your own watch list of music
videos, product reviews, and episodes of
your
favorite shows.
How to Use YouTube:
Scroll through your video feed or search
for content to view.
Keep track of videos you’d like to view
later by adding them to your watch list.
Subscribe to YouTube channels or
create your own channel to post your
videos for others to enjoy.
Like, comment, or share videos to other
social media.
YOUTUBE
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TUMBLR
Tumblr is a free social
networking website that
allows users to post
multimedia content to their
own customizable blogs.
Tumblr is 421 million
different blogs, filled with literally
everything. Many Tumblr blogs feature
humor, fashion, design, and art.
How to Use Tumblr:
Scroll through your Tumblr feed or
search for trending content to explore.
Share posts to other social media.
Reblog posts that you find interesting
with your own commentary.
Leave “notes” or likes on blog posts.
Create your own content to share.
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Snapchat is a mobile app
and service for sharing
photos, videos, and
messages also called
snaps with other people.
Once you view a message
you received, it is
automatically deleted. This makes the
service ideal for sharing quick updates
with friends without accumulating media
or messages on your mobile device.
How to Use Snapchat:
Watch snaps from your friends and
family or record your own.
Discover new snaps from other
Snapchat users.
Send snaps to other social media or to
your own story.
Add cute, creative visual or voice
changing filters to your snap.
SNAPCHAT
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LinkedIn is a business-
oriented social networking
site that enables users to
connect with colleagues,
look for a job, or get
answers to
industry questions.
LinkedIn is quite different compared to
other social media sites. LinkedIn’s focus is
to connect professionals and job seekers
with similar career and business goals.
How to Use LinkedIn:
Create connections with companies in
industries that interest you.
Add job relevant information to
your profile.
Stay tuned in to business-related news
and trends.
Search for jobs or network with
other professionals.
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU
Each social media
site is unique with
no two having
exactly the same
purpose. They have
their own look,
features, audience,
and content.
Here are a few
suggestions for your
search for a social
media site to join:
Research and discover your options.
Certain social media sites can be used on
a mobile device or a computer but some
are only available as an app for a
cellphone or tablet.
Ask a friend, family member, or coworker
to show you their favorite social media
site to use.
Try the site out for yourself. Most social
media sites allow you to delete your
account if you choose. This will give you
an impression of what sort of audience
and content that particular platform has
as a focus.
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU
If you’re curious about which social media
you should choose out of the options listed
here or any others you may encounter in
your research, keep a few things in mind:
Consider how you will access the site
before signing up for an account.
All of the services we have discussed
are available as a mobile app.
Instagram and Snapchat are not fully
functional on a computer.
Each site will look different when
accessed on a computer versus a mobile
device, as well.
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