Social Media: How Media Got Social

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Mark important junctures in the history of social networking.
• Distinguish between the terms "Web 2.0" and "participatory culture."
• Recognize the contrasts in how consumers and social media corporations approach and use social media.
• Extrapolate existing social patterns on the internet and plot possible social media directions.

Syllabus:

1. Social Media before the Web
2. Web 2.0 and Participatory Culture
3. Social Platforms
4. Social Goes Everywhere: The Mobile Web