Week 9....Social Media

This includes web based media and the rate that people access the media. The top three websites on the internet are:

1.) google
2.) facebook
3.) yahoo.com

There are certain reasons why people enter these sites. Some people have the longing to belong to something as popular as the 3 things above. Some people need and want the attention that the use of these sites can gain you.

The creation of web 2.0 has made us, as consumers, more socially aware and has given us a chance to define ourselfs by the use of this web based medium. Social media is something most people use to network with people but alot of people also see it as a way of defining themselfs.

A perfect example of this is Tumblr. A site where you blog and complete strangers follow you. The concept is you are completely yourself because know one who knows you outside of the virtual world knows you. This leads to alot af people creating a site based around who they are and trying to get as many people them to follow them as possible so they can feel "like somebody".

This is in juxtoposition with facebook, which is a social networking site dedicated to you following your friends and family. The users of the two site often see the sites as in competiton with each other. As a user of both I know that you do not mention tumblr on facebook and vice versa. These sites have created two different types of media dependent people.