LIBR 2100 Course Materials [ORIGINAL]]

First, below is a video overview of social media.

• What are social media?
• What are the Pros and Cons of social media?

Next is a series of videos which demonstrate:

• Searching Twitter
• Searching Facebook
• Searching reddit

MountLibrary. (2016, May 16). Social media introduction [video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/z-kAMnDLsW0

"Twitter is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People post Tweets, which may contain photos, videos, links and up to 140 characters of text. These messages are posted to your profile, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search."

Twitter Help Center. (2016). New user FAQs. Retrieved June 4, 2016 from https://support.twitter.com/articles/13920#

MountLibrary. (2016, May 16). Searching Twitter [video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/xRbCL0HKRt0

• "Facebook is a for-profit corporation and online social networking service...After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile, add other users as "friends", exchange messages, post status updates and photos, share videos, use various apps, and receive notifications when others update their profiles. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups organized by workplace, school, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists..."

Facebook. (2016, June 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 4, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Facebook&oldid=723680197

MountLibrary. (2016, May 16). Searching Facebook [video file]. https://youtu.be/GBhOU-f2JMI

Transcript available on YouTube (click More, select Transcript)

"reddit is a source for what's new and popular on the web. Users like you provide all of the content and decide, through voting, what's good and what's junk. Links that receive community approval bubble up towards #1, so the front page is constantly in motion and (hopefully) filled with fresh, interesting links."

Sporkicide. (2015). FAQ. Retrieved June 4, 2016 from https://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq

MountLibrary. (2016, May 16). Searching Reddit [video file]. https://youtu.be/RUdfq0IewgE