Social media

Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogues. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein also define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, which allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content." A common thread running through all definitions of social media is a blending of technology and social interaction for the co-creation of value. 
Social network websites can be used to help build networks concerned with sustainability. 
Networks might be focused on 
*place
*topic
* events - building a network around an event can help start or be mutually reinforcing with networks for place or topic
Social networks rss feeds - see separate article
=== Resources ===
*Social Media Toolkit 
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=== Related topics ===
* Sustainability network for England
* Towards a national meeting of local sustainability organisations and networks 
* Communities online UK
* Transition towns USA
* Networks and Networking
External links
*Rethinking networks as passionate human clouds, By David Wilcox, December 21, 2009
Category:Building networks
Category:Glossary