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BLOG / MICROBLOG

Blog icon  BlogInternet postings written by one or more authors.  Blogs usually display entries in reverse chronological order (much like a diary).  Readers can add their own comments, which allows for an ongoing discussion.

Twitter icon  TwitterTweets are text-based posts up to 140 characters.  Users can subscribe to other tweets (known as following) and can send and receive tweets via Twitter website, smartphone applications or by Short Message Service (SMS).  SMS is a method of communication that sends text between cell phones, or from a PC or handheld to a cell phone.

IMAGERY / ALBUM

Flickr icon  Flickr – is a photo sharing website and online community.  Flickr is widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and other social media such as a wiki.   Images are organized using tags to enable viewers to find images on a particular topic.  Flickr users can also create photo “sets” under one heading. Sets can be displayed as a slide show and embedded in other websites.

Instagram icon  Instagram – is an American photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc.

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Facebook icon  facebookis used every day to keep customers updated, upload photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

VIDEO

Vimeo icon  Vimeo – is an ad-free video platform headquartered in New York City, providing free video viewing services as a competitor to YouTube. In 2007, Vimeo became the first video sharing site to support high-definition video.

YouTube icon  YouTube is a video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment and upload their own videos. The video service can be accessed on PCs, laptops, tablets and via mobile phones.