Social Media

Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. Rather than define the term using a bunch of boring jargon that would probably only complicate things. Further, perhaps the best way to get a clearer understanding of it is to break it down into simpler terms. To start, let’s look at each word individually.

The “social” part:

Refers to interacting with other people by sharing information with them and receiving information from them.

The “media” part:

Refers to an instrument of communication. Like the internet (while TV, radio, and newspapers are examples of more traditional forms of media).

Okay, so from these two separate terms, we can pull a basic definition together:Social media are web-based communication tools that enable people to interact with each other by both sharing and consuming information.