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What is Social Media?

S ocial media is taking over our world before we know it. Social media is defined as computer-mediated tools that allow people or companies to create, share, or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. Read more

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History of Social Media

Although MySpace is often confused for the first social networking platform, BBS is considered the first. Used in the 1980s and 1990s, BBS, short for Bulletin Board System, the online meeting places were used for communcating and downloading files and games. Read more

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Top Social Media Platforms

According to iTunes, these are the top ten social networking applications as of March 2016.

  1. Messenger
  2. Facebook
  3. WhatsApp Messenger
  4. Pinterst
  5. Twitter
  6. Kik
  7. Skype for iPhone
  8. Wishbone
  9. Periscope
  10. Tumblr

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