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=﻿**What is Social Media?**=

An excellent video from online television station GritTV featuring social media commentator Clay Shirky media type="custom" key="10472284" Some issues around social media raised in class: media type="custom" key="10380448" media type="custom" key="10380452" media type="custom" key="10380458"
 * Class Discussion on Social Media 8/09/11**
 * accountability and transparency
 * privacy issues
 * targeted marketing
 * consumer power through peer review
 * fast, efficient communication and dissemination for organising events
 * advertising yourself/creating virtual personas
 * using humour, creativity, imagination to draw people into events