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Also known as socials

virtual online communities

AI overview

Social media refers to virtual online communities where people connect with each other to share information, ideas, and experiences. It matters because it has become a major way that people communicate, build relationships, and exchange information in modern society.

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Encyclopedic overview

Various social media platforms Social media are new media technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks. Common features include:

Online platforms enable users to create and share content and participate in social networking.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “social media” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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