Thursday, 16 January 2014

DO YOU THINK YOU KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA? (Tutorial Week 13)

For most people, it is the first thing you will look at when you wake up. It accompanies you on your daily commute to work. You will ask it for suggestions on where to go for lunch. Before you go to sleep, you will take one last look at it. You spend quite some time with it every day but what exactly is it?

It is none other than the social media. Social media has become a part of our lives with the advent of technology especially with the introduction of smartphones.We look at Twitter and Instagram when we commute to work to see what is everyone up to. Go on to Facebook at work to have a quick chat with a friend but what does social media means to me?

For me, social media is a platform where I could communicate with my friends and see how they are doing in their daily lives. It also allows me to catch up with my close friends and relatives who are staying overseas either for work or studying commitments. Is that all there is to social media?

Personally, I thought that I knew everything about the social media like at the back of my finger tips since I am a Media student but I took a quiz on social media and I discovered how wrong I was. There was a question on who has the most likes on their Facebook page and we would think that Lady Gaga has the most likes but the world of social media always have surprises in store for you.

Take this social media quiz below and find out how well you know about the social media:
The world of social media is constantly changing to remain relevant to the people and the challenge is to keep them glued to these sites as users want interactivity. Games are just one of the elements which are used on social media sites like Facebook to keep users entertain. Have a go at the game below:


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