Types of social media sites

 

 

The list of social media sites is growing rapidly but are all social media sites the same?  Do they do the same thing?  The answer is no.  The categorisation of social media sites tends to be based on each sites main use.  Some sites could fit into more than one category.  The categories used in this resource are:

• Social & professional networking
• Blogs and microblogs
• Photo, video, comic creation and sharing
• Presentation creation and sharing
• Social bookmarking
• Content curation
• Music and podcasting