Social media | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 06/12/2018

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Social media


00:01:26 1 Behavioral Impact
00:04:00 2 History
00:07:54 3 Definition and classification
00:10:53 3.1 Mobile social media
00:12:29 4 Elements and function
00:12:39 4.1 Viral content
00:14:30 4.2 Bots
00:16:31 4.3 Patents of social media technology
00:17:16 5 Statistics on usage and membership
00:17:39 5.1 Most popular social networks
00:17:56 5.2 Usage
00:20:35 6 Use by organizations
00:20:45 6.1 Use by businesses
00:22:11 6.2 Social media mining
00:23:29 6.3 In politics
00:25:28 6.4 Use in hiring
00:26:38 6.5 Use in school admissions
00:28:18 6.6 Use by law enforcement agencies
00:29:04 6.7 Use in court cases
00:30:43 6.8 Social media marketing
00:33:05 7 Use by individuals
00:33:14 7.1 As a news source
00:34:12 7.1.1 Effects on individual and collective memory
00:36:33 7.2 Interpersonal relationships
00:39:40 7.3 Self-presentation
00:40:47 7.4 Health improvement
00:41:34 8 Social impacts
00:41:43 8.1 Disparity
00:44:13 8.2 Ideological polarization
00:46:18 8.3 Stereotyping
00:48:23 8.4 Cognition and memory
00:50:22 8.5 Physical and mental health
00:54:13 8.5.1 Adolescents
00:55:37 8.5.2 Sleep disturbances
00:56:35 8.5.3 Changes in mood
00:58:27 8.6 Effects on youth communication
01:01:09 9 Criticism, debate and controversy
01:04:13 9.1 Trustworthiness and reliability
01:07:01 9.1.1 Criticism of data harvesting on Facebook
01:08:04 9.2 Critique of activism
01:09:36 9.3 Ownership of content
01:10:25 9.4 Privacy
01:14:13 9.5 Criticism of commercialization
01:15:37 9.6 Debate over addiction
01:16:44 9.7 Debate over use in academic settings
01:18:12 9.8 Censorship



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SUMMARY
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Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. The variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available introduces challenges of definition; however, there are some common features:
Social media are interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications.
Content is primarily user-generated. Users post personal introductions, text messages, comments, digital photos or videos. The shared content, and the data generated by it, represent the lifeblood of the medium.
Users create service-specific profiles for the website or app that are designed and maintained by the social media organization.
Social media facilitate the development of online social networks by connecting a user's profile with those of other individuals or groups.Users typically access social media services via web-based technologies on desktops and laptops, or download services that offer social media functionality to their mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets). As users engage with these electronic services, they create highly interactive platforms through which individuals, communities, and organizations can share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content or pre-made content posted online.