Topic 23 - Online communities: methods of communicating Flashcards
What is an online community?
An online community is a group of people who communicate over the internet about common interests.
Why do we use different online services?
We use a wide variety of different online services to form and participate in these online communities
What are the 6 commonly used types of online community?
- Social media
- Blog
- Wiki
- Chatroom/instant messaging
- Podcasts
- Forums
What is Social media used for?
(Social media)
Social media sites, like Facebook, are used to share content and communicate with others.
What is the key part of Social media?
(Social media)
A key part of this is creating groups, often based around locations, events or hobbies, to communicate news and stories with others who share these interests.
What other type of media sites are there?
(Social media)
There are also professional media sites, such as Linkedln
What are blogs and what do they let people do?
(Blog)
Blogs, microblogs (snippets of information rather than longer posts) and vlogs (video blogs) let people reglarly share information, such as news and options, with others on a topic of interests.
What else can other people do with blogs?
(Blog)
Others can then comment on the videos or blog posts to create a dialogue between people with shared interests
What are Wiki?
(Wiki)
Wiki are created and maintaines by online communities. Groups of people with shared interests add and edit content on a site to ensure the information is up to data and accurate
What is an example of Wiki?
(Wiki)
For example, you find a dedicated wiki for most popular video games, movies and TV shows.
What is a Chatroom?
(Chatroom/instant messaging)
A chatroom is a website where users can communicate by posting short text messages.
These are viewable by everyone on the chatroom
What is a Instant messaging?
(Chatroom/instant messaging)
Instant messaging also lets users write short text messaqging also lets users write short text messages but directly to a person or a group of selected people, so it is slightly more private
What are podcast?
(Podcasts)
A podcast are audio (and sometimes video) files posted to the internet for download.
How are Podcast normally produced?
(Podcasts)
They are normally produced as a series on a particular topic.
What can prople who are interested in a topic do?
(Podcasts)
People interested in the topic can subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode
