Reading 01

Kerr, C. (2016) Content Designed

Read the following sections:

• Social Media
  • Pages 1-9
• Objectives
  • Pages 12-14
• Knowing & Doing
  • Pages 24-27

Discussion: Introductions

For this assignment, go to your class FACEBOOK GROUP, find the Introductions post, comment and introduce yourself. Do the following for your introduction:

1. Introduce yourself - tell who you are, where you are from, what is your major and emphasis (where applicable), and anything else you would like to share.
2. Tell us what you hope to get out of this class
3. List all the social media channels you participate in (list them in order of their importance to you.)
4. List three social media channels you would like to analyze in Week 02.

Discussion: What Is & Isn't Social Media

As a designer of social media, it is important to differentiate what is and isn't social media. Review the definition of social media provided in Reading 01, which is this: "Social media is a place where users can connect, interact, create, and share content."

Go to your class FACEBOOK GROUP, find the What is & Isn't Social Media post and make a comment with the following:

1. Use the four criteria for evaluating a site's social media functionality.
2. Evaluate twelve websites in total.
   1. Identify 3–5 sites that are social media sites
   2. Identify 3–5 sites with little or no social media functionality
   3. Identify 3–5 sites that aren't social media.
3. Categorize your list: Social, Some social functionality, and Not social.
4. Build your table in the software of your choice like Microsoft Word, Google Drive, or an Adobe program, take a screenshot of it and upload the image. For example:

You will be posting and JPG of your own table to the corresponding post within our Facebook group.