Media Wk5

Technology is the study of mechanical arts and their application to the world. When we talk about what is commonly called “Social Media” we are talking about different ways in which we use technology to communicate with other people in a social setting (because it means social there is no need to call it “social Media”). On the Internet there are many different ways of doing this and the most recent popular type of this is social networking on websites such as Facebook, MySpace and Live Journal. Each one allows the user to send messages to their friends, post pictures, videos and music and also gives us the pleasure of giving status updates so we can know how our friends feel all the time whatever they may be doing. Of course there are many other types of Media on the net/ transferrable by the net. Another large one is Instant Messaging (IM) and video chat. Both allow the user/s to communicate to each other either by text conversations or face to face conversations, however each different type of communication on the net has its own distinct feel and people will act accordingly to what they are using i.e. they would be more respectful when talking face to face with someone as opposed to IM chat where your emotions are only displayed by text and emoticons. J