Unit4

Socialmedia

CONTENTLearningObjectivesStarterPassageAPassageBReadingSkillsSupplementaryReading

Afterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeabletoguessthemeaningofunknownwordsfromword-building;appreciatethenarrativeandargumentativetechniquesemployedinthetext;learnhowtousesocialmediaforimprovinglifestyleandstudy.LearningObjectives

Wikipediadefinessocialmediaascomputer-mediatedtoolsthatallowpeopletocreate,shareorexchangeinformation,careerinterests,ideas,picturesandvideosinvirtualcommunitiesandnetworks.Therearedifferenttypesofsocialmedia.Canyousaysomesocialmediayoualwaysuse?Whataretheyusedfor?Starter

Facebookisapopularfreesocialnetworkingwebsitethatallowsregistereduserstocreateprofiles,uploadphotosandvideo,sendmessagesandkeepintouchwithfriends,familyandcolleagues.FacebookincludespublicfeatureslikeMarketplace,Events,PagesandPresencetechnology,etc.PassageADoyouknow?

Twitterisasocialnetworkingandmicrobloggingservicethatallowsyouanswerthequestion,Whatareyoudoing?bysendingshorttextmessages140charactersinlength,calledtweets,toyourfriends,orfollowers.PassageADoyouknow?

InstagramisafreeonlinephotosharingandsocialnetworkplatformthatwasacquiredbyFacebookin2012.Instagramallowsmembersuserstoupload,editandsharephotoswithothermembersthroughtheInstagramwebsite,email,andsocialmediasitessuchasTwitter,Facebook,Tumblr,FoursquareandFlickr.PassageADoyouknow?

SocialMediaIsChangingOurDailyLives-findandmaintainbotholdandpotentiallynewfriendships-getinformation-startandlaunchabusiness-thedrivinginfluencer:fansPassageAStepbyStep

Giveashortanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.?Howdidpeoplecommunicatewitheachotherbeforethetimeofsocialmedia?2)?HowmanypeopleusedMicroblogtokeepintouchwiththeirfriendsin2012?PassageAExercisesTh