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Running head: SOCIAL MEDIASocial MediaName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s note

1SOCIAL MEDIAQuestion 1The topic that I find most interesting in the discussion is Social Media. Social media is one of themost discussed, debated and researched topics in recent times. The relevance of the topic intoday’s time is what interested me. Innovation of any medium of mass communication has beenhistorically monumental, so is the invention of social media, it is internet based applications andsoftware that helps a person to connect and communicate with another person or a group who aregeographically separated by are connected with internet and that particular application. There aresome simple prerequisites of social media: A multimedia hardware, internet connectivity alongwith an internet based application that a person has access to. The communication process in thesocial media is of several types it can be mass communication, many to many as well as many toone and one to many. It can be one to one interpersonal communication as well (Majchrzak et al.2013).There are various types of social media that are available all over the internet such as. Socialnetworking: this is the most important and most notable form of social media that has garnered alot of acceptance and appreciation form people. These are platforms that allow an individual toconnect with people around the globe with a internet service. For example: an individual fromGermany is connected to his or her friend from India through Facebook. Media sharingnetworks: platforms that allow transferring and saving files, this is also popular as it has madethis process easy and less complicated some platforms allow mobile devices to save these filesmaking it further flexible to use and derive whenever necessary, Platforms like YouTube offersharing and uploading of video files easy and hassle free people can be engaged, entertained and

2SOCIAL MEDIAinformed at the same time with YouTube. Debate and discussion forums, Contentcurationnetwork, blogging and publishing applications etc (Laroche et al. 2013).Question 2I have been using Facebook for a long time 6 years to be precise. Over these years I havemade several friends from around the world and this has enlightened me to understand otherculture and appreciate all ethnicity around the world. Facebook have a number of features thathave been upgraded with time people can chat, call send video messages real time.I am a photography lover and I really like it when people appreciate my efforts, whenInstagram was launched it was like a dream. Instagram is a mobile application that is availableboth in IOS and Android platforms and has garnered immense popularity in very less time. Theadvent of camera mobile phones has facilitated the idea of this application. I personally preferusing Instagram more than any other kind of social networking platforms (Perrin 2015). I also use WhatsApp extensively to communicate with my friends and family the soothuser interface and hassle free application of this platform has made it easy for me to stay in closetouch with all the people I want to. Social media is a personal preference because this is a more relevant topic for me.Aforementioned as an avid user of most social media platforms, I have found the mechanism ofcommunication in this sector very fascinating. Internet is no doubt one f the greatest invention ofall times. Internet has offered a lot of scope and communication facilities social media is a recentdevelopment and the non-complicated and feasible option for anyone who has a working internetconnection. Social media has upgraded itself so that data consumption of the consumers is alsoreduced. With the data rates constantly falling and availability of internet increasing day by day

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