Table 1 Categories of Social Media Investigated
From: Social media in undergraduate learning: categories and characteristics
Categories of Social Media | Example Social Media Technologies |
|---|---|
Blogs | Blogger, WordPress |
Wikis | Wikipedia, Wikimedia |
Google Apps | Google Calendar, Google Docs |
Image sharing | Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest |
Social bookmarking | Delicious |
Social networking | Facebook, Google+ |
Social news sites | |
VOIP & Instant messaging | Skype, Google talk/chat |
Do-it-yourself networks | Ning |
File sharing | Dropbox, Google Drive, BitTorrent |
Video sharing | YouTube, Vine |
Location-based applications | Foursquare, Google Maps |
Microblogs |