Social Media
Terms & Concepts
Platform Types
TikTok
MySpace
Google+
Control
Who will be your audience?
Being able to add
people to your friends
list, or followers.
Being able to restrict,
or block certain people
from viewing your content.
Having the ability
to control what kind of
advertisements you see
Certain social media sites
give you the possibility
to control whether or not
you appear online, or offline.
Facebook allows you to
control which friend's
posts appear more, or less.
Ability to dictate how
long posts are available
to see for your viewers.
I.e Snapchat pictures,
and Instagram stories.
Communication/
Connectivity
Affordability: Are the
devices, and apps that
are necessary
affordable?
Social Capital: What is
gained through these
social platforms?
Portability: Accessibility
on the go
Wifi availability: Where
and when can you access
these platforms?
Fuctionality/
Features
Video messaging
Text messaging
Blogging
Re-posting/Sharing
Liking/Disliking
Content
Blogs
Advertisments
News information
Podcasts
Videos
Sociality
Open entry vs.
members only
Size of audience
One on one
Group chat
Controlled audience
Open to the general public
Topic restrictions/
character limit