Social media
are computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks. Social media is defined as “a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.”[1] Furthermore, social media depend on mobile and web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create, discuss, and modify user-generated content. They introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals.[2] These changes are the focus of the emerging field of technoself studies. (From Wikipedia article on Social Media)
Or in plain language: Social media are computer programs that allow people to share stories and pictures and comment on each others’ posts.
Spectrum participates in social media for three reasons:
- To share stories of people getting good lives in community
- To be an active participant in important conversations about good lives in community
- To learn what is happening in our communities and around the world
There are four programs Spectrum uses for social media:
- Twitter
- Spectrum’s Twitter Account: @ssclspectrum
- Spectrum Press’s Account: @101friendsBC
- People at Spectrum that use Twitter:
- Aaron: @imagineacircle
- Ernie: @ejbaatz
- Jules: @globalinclude
- Twitter Lists: A list is a curated group of Twitter users and a great way to organize your interests. Jules has created a few lists that allow you see a stream of posts about community living:
- Facebook
- Spectrum has a facebook page that allows us to share stories, pictures and events: https://www.facebook.com/SpectrumSociety
- Flickr
- Spectrum has a Flickr page to share photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spectrumsocietyphotos/
- Blogs
- Spectrum has a blog called 101 Friends: http://101friends.ca/
- Our website is based on WordPress, so articles added to it are blog posts. You can see posts categorized as: