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Social media

Social media is the medium through which internet users can contact and share information over the internet.

Contributors in Social media

Social media

Tweetin

Online services; Social media

When a group of twitterers agree to get together at a set time to twitter.

Twittercal mass

Online services; Social media

A community that has achieved a critical mass of twitterers.

Consumer culture

Culture; Social media

Consumer culture refers both to the interest that citizens have in the consumption aspects of their lives and to the industries that have developed to cater to this taste.

Cultural imperialism

Culture; Social media

Cultural imperialism is the practise of promoting a more powerful culture over a least known or desirable culture. It is usually the case that the former belongs to a large, economically or ...

Cultural pluralism

Culture; Social media

A situation of plurality of cultures (with the implication that they are co-existing tolerantly). The term is also used to describe a deliberate policy of encouraging awareness and acceptance of ...

Atomism

Culture; Social media

Atomism is a theory that argues that a social system is no more than a collection of individuals. If we can understand individuals, then we know all that we need to know about the social systems in ...

Class

Culture; Social media

The hierarchical arrangement of individuals in society, usually defined by material wealth and occupation.

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