{"id":3859,"date":"2013-01-16T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T13:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exomarketing.biz\/\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2021-11-16T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:21:23","slug":"social-media-or-social-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exob2b.com\/en\/social-media-or-social-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media or social networks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If most people seem to confuse \u201csocial media\u201d and \u201csocial networks,\u201d it\u2019s mainly because the difference is less and less perceptible. Social media offers more networking features, which makes us forget that social networks are in fact one of the subcategories of social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOCIAL MEDIA.<\/strong> Media are social when content (written, visual, film, audio, etc.) can be distributed through the internet (known for a long time as \u201cnew media\u201d) on platforms that allow internet users to comment, discuss and communicate with each other.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SOCIAL NETWORKS.<\/strong> Social media become social networks when they\u2019re placed on platforms where the priority is for individuals to connect (networking) and which is the basis for the creation of content sharing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In other words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. All social networks are social media.<\/p>\n<p>2. All social media that create networks are social networks.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that some social media, even if they were not created for networking and integrated features that allow for the creation of networks at a later time only, can be part of the subcategory of social networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*The case of microblogging:<\/strong> Microblogging is more of a feature than a subcategory of social media. The most popular applications of microblogging (Twitter and Tumblr.) are in fact social networks in which real time communication can be done through short messages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>**The case of sales sites: <\/strong>Websites designed specifically for sales like eBay, Amazon and Price Minister, have developed a social dimension. Thus, people are encouraged to comment on the products and to exchange information with each other. The same goes for the sales site Etsy, specialized in vintage or handmade products, and whose content offers a strong sharing potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public confession<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I must confess, for the reasons that I mentioned in my previous blog post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exomarketing.biz\/\/en\/blog\/media-and-social-two-scary-words-in-b2b\/\">the fear generated by the words \u201cmedia\u201d and \u201csocial,\u201d<\/a> that I have often spoken about \u201csocial networks\u201d in a business context, even when it was in reality social media with no networking aspect at all. I was convinced that the word \u201cnetwork\u201d had a more serious connotation and indeed when proposing projects I received more positive feedback from clients or bosses using the word \u201cnetworks\u201d rather than \u201cmedia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In all honesty, the world of social media is evolving, transforming and being recreated to a point where this blog post could very well be outdated by the time you read it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If most people seem to confuse \u201csocial media\u201d and \u201csocial networks,\u201d it\u2019s mainly because the difference is less and less perceptible. 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