Why Share?
Why Share?
Using the ‘ShareThis’ button lets you share interesting content with your friends through a range of Social Media services or email.
When you click on the ‘ShareThis’ icon you will be shown a list of the most popular online services. You can automatically upload a link to the story to any of these services upon pressing the relevant account icon.
What is Social Media?
Social media is a term used to describe a range of online services created to foster participation and shared meaning amongst people over the internet.
Unlike traditional media, such as newspapers, radio and television, Social Media encourages the reader, viewer or listener to participate and add new meaning to stories.
This may be through posting an item to a personal profile on a social networking site such as Facebook, through commenting on a bookmark saved within a social bookmarking service such as Del.icio.us or by leaving a reply or comment at the end of a story.
To learn more about Social Media you can click here for the Wikipedia entry which includes links to many of the free services available.
Why Social Media?
Through opening up dialogue around a particular story or topic it may be that we change our understanding or learn more about the issues or details reported.
There are growing communities on the internet where people share information with each other, highlighting stories of interest to each other. Through building these networks, we as individuals can track opinion and change more easily leading to a better awareness of the world around us.
In a business context these networks can help us identify emerging trends, access expert information from leaders in our field or create new interest in our products or services.
