Course

Unit 1

Introduction to Social media; Definition – Social Media and Digital transformation; Social Networking and online communities; Social support and service; Wikipedia, Facebook, Instagram, Tagging, LinkedIn; Social mobile applications; Security settings in Facebook, Whatsapp.

Unit 2

Blogging History; Creating blog, effect of blogging, micro blogging; Protocol, Platform, Content strategies.

Unit 3

Tweeting – Introduction, History, Protocol; Twitter; Twitter apps; Managing Twitter; #hashtag# creation and following; Security settings in Twitter.

Unit 4

Social media sharing History, Protocol; YouTube, Flickr, Slide share, Social news; News apps Newshunt and others; Bookmarking – History, Digg, Reddit, Delicious.

Unit 5

Social theory in the information age; Social Network for professional, business, Digital Marketing; Using social networking sites for research, Security aspects of social networking.

To understand the history, theory, technology and uses of social media; to create, collaborate, and share messages with audiences of all sizes; to know and explore the possibilities and limitations of social media. Hands on experience with several forms of social media technology; to understand and use social media productively and to evaluating new tools and platforms

:1.Social Networking – Digital and Information Literacy Series by Peter K. Ryan, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2011 ISBN 1448823463, 9781448823468

2.The Social Media Marketing Book Dan Zarrella “O’Reilly Media, Inc.”, 13-Nov-2009