a shortcut to social media

Some comments to the post of “What do you need to know about social media?” by Chris Pirillo. Many popular Internet applications and social media networks require a significantly higher user interaction. Interaction occurs on several levels not only between different users, but also between users and content or different applications. Most of what social media is based on the collaboration of users and the individual’s creation, or participation in creation, of new digital content. This is known as user-generated content (UGC) or also as user-created content (UCC). User-generated content is in part the defining essence of the social web.

The point being made is that the social web is a window to a greater distribution and diversity of media when compared to traditional media. Digital media has presented the opportunity not only to interact with other individuals, but also with the content. Texts, images and video files are only being shared, but they are also being manipulated. It’s one of the popular organizational strategies.