What IS Social Media?

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Examples of social media software applications include:

Communication
Blogs: Blogger, LiveJournal, Open Diary, TypePad, WordPress, Vox, ExpressionEngine, Xanga
Micro-blogging / Presence applications: fmylife, Jaiku, Plurk, Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous, Yammer
Social networking: Bebo, BigTent, Elgg, Facebook, Geni.com, GovLoop, Hi5, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Orkut, Skyrock,
Social network aggregation: NutshellMail, FriendFeed
Events: Upcoming, Eventful, Meetup.com
Collaboration
Wikis: Wikipedia, PBwiki, wetpaint
Social bookmarking (or social tagging)[5]: Delicious, StumbleUpon, Google Reader, CiteULike
Social news: Digg, Mixx, Reddit, NowPublic
Opinion sites: epinions, Yelp
Multimedia
Photo sharing: Flickr, Zooomr, Photobucket, SmugMug, Picasa
Video sharing: YouTube, Viddler, Vimeo, sevenload
Livecasting: Ustream.tv, Justin.tv, Stickam, Skype
Audio and Music Sharing: imeem, The Hype Machine, Last.fm, ccMixter, ShareTheMusic
Reviews and Opinions
Product Reviews: epinions.com, MouthShut.com
Business Reviews: Customer Lobby, yelp.com
Community Q&A: Yahoo! Answers, WikiAnswers, Askville, Google Answers
Entertainment
Media & Entertainment Platforms: Cisco Eos
Virtual worlds: Second Life, The Sims Online, Forterra
Game sharing: Miniclip, Kongregate
Other
Information aggregators: Netvibes, Twine (website)
Social media monitoring: BuzzMetrics, Infegy, Sprial16, Sysomos Heartbeat
Social media analytics: Sysomos MAP

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