• Social media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words …
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
• A category of sites that is based on user participation and user-generated content. They include social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook, social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, social news sites like Digg or Reddit, and other sites that are centered on user interaction.
  searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html
• The term social media describes media that is posed by the user and can take many different forms. Some types of social media are forums, message boards, blogs, wikis and podcasts. Social media applications include Google, Facebook and YouTube.
  www.batchblue.com/glossary.html
• Software tools that allow groups to generate content and engage in peer-to-peer conversations and exchange of content (examples are YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, MySpace etc)
  www.bottlepr.co.uk/glossary.html

Last updated on March 15, 2009 by SMMI