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Categories Social Media The Table below is a compilation of classes and subclasses of Social Media applications as well as examples in each subclass. The list was compiled from a number of sources. While the classes are somewhat arbitrary, they provide a starting point for examining social media. Many of the example social media applications could be classified in more than one class.

Categories of Social Media Communication Blogs Blogger, ExpressionEngine, LiveJournal, Open Diary, TypePad, Vox, WordPress, Xanga Microblogging FMyLife, Foursquare, Jaiku, Plurk, Posterous, Tumblr, Twitter, Qaiku, Google Buzz, Identi.ca Nasza-Klasa.pl Location-based social networks Foursquare, Geoloqi, Gowalla, Facebook places, The Hotlist Social networking ASmallWorld, Bebo, Cyworld, Diaspora, Facebook, Hi5, Hyves, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Orkut, Plaxo, Tagged, XING , IRC, Yammer, Instagram, Next Door, Twitter (X), TikTok Events Eventful, The Hotlist, Meetup.com, Upcoming Information Aggregators Netvibes, Twine (website) Online Advocacy and Fundraising Causes, Kickstarter Collaboration/Authority Building Wikis PBworks, Wetpaint, Wikia, Wikimedia, Wikispaces Social bookmarking (or social tagging) CiteULike, Delicious, Diigo, Google Reader, StumbleUpon, folkd Social Media Gaming Empire Avenue, Unreal Tournament Social news Digg, Mixx, NowPublic, Reddit, Newsvine Social navigation Trapster, Waze Content Management Systems Wordpress, Drupal, Plone Document Management and Editing Tools Google Docs, Syncplicity, Docs.com, Dropbox.com Collaboration Central Desktop Multimedia Photography and art sharing deviantArt, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, SmugMug, Zooomr Video sharing sevenload, Viddler, Vimeo, YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Nico Nico Douga, Openfilm Livecasting Justin.tv, Livestream, OpenCU, Skype, Stickam, Ustream, blip.tv, oovoo, Youtube Music and audio sharing ccMixter, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Last.fm, MySpace Music, ReverbNation.com, ShareTheMusic, The Hype Machine, Groove Shark, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Soundclick, imeem, Napster Presentation sharing scribd, SlideShare Reviews and Opinions Product reviews epinions.com, MouthShut.com, Angies List, Home Advisor Business reviews Customer Lobby, Yelp, Inc. Community Q&A Askville, EHow, Stack Exchange, WikiAnswers, Yahoo! Answers, Quora, ask.com Entertainment Media and entertainment platforms Cisco Eos Virtual worlds Active Worlds, Forterra Systems, Second Life, The Sims Online, World of Warcraft, RuneScape Game sharing Kongregate, Miniclip, Newgrounds, Armor Games Brand monitoring Social media measurement Attensity, Radian6, Statsit, Sysomos, Vocus Marketing Marketplaces eBay, Amazon, Craig's List

Clearly each of the major topic areas: Communication, Collaboration, Multimedia, Reviews and Opinions, Entertainment, Brand monitoring and Marketing has important applications in homeland security and national preparedness.

Definition:     Blog: Blogs are a type of regularly updated websites that provide insight into a certain topic. The word blog is a combined version of the words “web” and “log.” At their inception, blogs were simply an online diary where people could keep a log about their daily lives on the web. They have since morphed into an essential forum for individuals and businesses alike to share information and updates. In fact, many people even make money blogging as professional full-time bloggers. Source: www.wix.com

Definition:     Wiki A wiki is a collaborative site where users can add, edit or remove content. Source: slite.com

Exercise:     Select a subclass from each of the social media classes in the table above and identify how an application in that subclass might be useful for emergency management.

Resources:     15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites Social Network Analysis www.orgnet.com/sna.html

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