Six Types of Social Media

Question 1

These are sites that allows you to connect with other people with the same interests or background.

Answer 1

Social Networks

Question 2

These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various website and resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a tag and easily share them.

Answer 2

Bookmarking Sites

Question 3

These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news sources.

Answer 3

Social News

Question 4

These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music and video.

Answer 4

Media Sharing

Question 5

These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those that subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates.

Answer 5

Microblogging

Question 6

These websites allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.

Answer 6

Blogs and Forums