social media
virtual online communities
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Summary
social media is an economic activity[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of economic activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,105 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: industry[3], communications media[4], genre[5], field of study[6], type of mass media[7]
- Subclass of: communications media[8], virtual place[9]
- Commons category: Social media[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Social media[11]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/social-media[12]
- Different from: social network[13], Wikiproject:Social networking[14]
- Side effect: disinformation[15], misinformation[16], catfishing[17]
- Uses: Internet[18]
- Studied by: media studies[19], interaction science[20], digital media[21], media sociology[22], social[23]
- Practiced by: social media manager[24], social media specialist[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
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Influence
Things named for social media include Truth Social[27], a social networking service[28], in United States[29], founded in 2021[30], headquartered in Sarasota[31].
Why It Matters
social media has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for it include Truth Social[27], a social networking service[28], in United States[29], founded in 2021[30], headquartered in Sarasota[31].