Class of 2011: If Social Media Were a High School

 LINK: Class of 2011: If Social Media Were a High School

The link provides a very interesting approach to the social media we consume in our everyday lives. This link sees the different media websites as a high school class and illustrates what role particular page plays. Twenty-two of the most commonly encountered wed pages it illustrates. The five most frequently browsed and interesting ones are as follows:

1. Twitter is stated as the gossip girl: Twitter provides microblogging service, enabling its viewers to tweet in no more than 140 words. The tweets are publicly visible by default.
2. Google as the Prep for the future endeavors: Google is a multinational public corporation invested in Internet search and advertising technologies. It generates profit primarily from advertising.
3. Facebook as the athlete, the jock: Facebook, a social networking services, had affected the social life of people in various ways, it reunites people in different parts of the world.
4. Wikipedia as a nerd: A web-based multi-lingual encyclopedia supported by nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. The articles can be edited by anyone who has access to the site. It provides the largest source for general reference work on the Internet.
5. Youtube as A/V nerd: A video sharing website where people can upload, share and view videos. Youtube has turned video sharing into a very important component of Internet culture.