Social media

Websites and applications (apps) for content sharing and collaboration among communities of users online. The term encompasses social networks, microblogs, open-content repositories, photo or video sharing, messaging apps, social gaming, and virtual worlds among diverse other offerings (see illustra...

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Summary:Websites and applications (apps) for content sharing and collaboration among communities of users online. The term encompasses social networks, microblogs, open-content repositories, photo or video sharing, messaging apps, social gaming, and virtual worlds among diverse other offerings (see illustration). They represent a leading means of communication in the twenty-first century. Some of the best known social media sites are Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and Snapchat. Facebook alone has about 2.4 billion active users and Instagram has more than 50 billion shared photos. Cellphone camera Digital photography Internet Virtual reality World Wide Web 
DOI:10.1036/1097-8542.630752