UNIT 3: WHAT ARE SOCIAL MEDIA and SOCIAL NETWORK?

In this unit, you will: read about the development of the language developed for people all over the world. practice the reading skills of pronoun reference. increase your understanding of the target academic words for this unit: access virtual unique display network feature identify journal capacity construct create edit focus link resource topic comment component define enable function technology theme structure community technique communicate gender individual process similar project via trend insert media interact primary specific site

Self-assessment of target words: Learning a word is a gradual process. First, you learn to recognize the word. This means you know something about its spelling, pronunciation, and meaning. Next, you learn to use the word. This requires that you understand its spelling, pronunciation grammar, and much more. When you truly know a word, you can both recognize it and use it accurately. Read the target words for this unit above. Think carefully about how well you know each word. Then, write each word in the appropriate column in this chart. When you have finished this unit, come back and reassess your knowledge of the target words
I have never seen this word I have seen this word but I am not sure what it means I understand the word when I see or hear in a sentence I have tried to use the word, but I am not sure I am using it correctly I use the word with confidence in either speaking or writing I use the word with confidence both in speaking and writing

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Reading Strategy: Pronoun Reference Pronouns such as he, she, they, this, that, those, or which should clearly refer to specific nouns. Otherwise, you have a faulty pronoun reference that makes a sentence confusing and grammatically incorrect. A pronoun can fall either before or after the noun it refers to. If the pronoun comes afterward, the noun it refers back to is called the antecedent The antecedent of a sentence must be clear for readers to easily comprehend a sentence. 1. A pronoun coming before noun: This strategy should work. (This refers to strategy) 2. A pronoun coming after a noun: Jane championed the new strategy. It was bold, innovative, and comprehensive. [The noun strategy is the antecedent to the pronoun it.]

Read: A Preview of What Was Mainly Discussed

SOCIAL MEDIA refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. It(1) is a group of Internet-based applications or Web-based platforms and technologies that enable people to socially interact with one another online. It includes any website that invites a viewer to interact with the site and with other visitors. So, social media is comparable to a social instrument of communication or social interaction. Practically, social media share most or all of the following characteristics: Encouraging contributions and feedback from everyone who is interested in blurs in the line between media and audience

Conversation Connectedness

Opening to feedback and participation Encouraging voting, comment and the Thriving on its connectedness sharing of information Making use of links to other Removing any barriers to accessing and sites, resources and people making use of content, like passwordprotected Community Allowing communities to form quickly and communicate effectively Sharing common interests Openness

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Participation

Being better seen as a two-way conversation

Social media takes on different forms. According to Kaplan and Haenlein, there are 6 different types of social media as the table below. Types of Social Media Collaborative Projects Blogs and Microblogs Content Communities Social photo and Video Sharing/ Social Bookmarking Interacted by Adding articles and editing existing articles Inserting online journals, with entries appearing with the most recent first Sharing photos or videos and commenting on user submissions Tagging websites and searching through websites bookmarked by other people Adding friends, commenting on profiles, joining groups and having discussions Playing games online with graphical stimulation Voting for articles and commenting on them Forms Wikis (Wikipedia, Wikia) MySpace, Multiply, Bloggers, Weblog, Social Blogs, etc YouTube, Flickr, Del.icio.us, Blinklist, Simpy, Internet Forums, etc Facebook, Twitter, Hi5, Last.FM, Google+, etc World of Warcraft Digg, Propeller, Reddit, Second Life, etc

Social Networking Virtual Games World Virtual Social World/ Social News

Social media is media for social interaction, as a superset beyond social communication. With the capacity of accessible and scalable communication technique everywhere, social media considerably change the way of communication between organizations, communities, as well as individuals. SOCIAL NETWORK is a social structure made up of individuals or organizations. It(2) is called nodes which are connected by one or more specific types of common interest group. Regarding the current trend of information technology communication, social network represents relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, animals, computers, or other information/ knowledge processing entities. In particular the online connection becomes one of the most popular types of social network in the workplace, schools, and universities. Based on a certain structure, the social networking serves people
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expressing their individuality and meeting people with similar interests. This(3) structure includes having profiles, friends, blog posts, widget, and usually unique to that particular social networking website such as Hi5, Facebook, Google+, etc. The social networking is usually connected via Social Network Sites (SNSs). The SNSs is defined as web-based services commonly used websites that allow individuals to get into the social network with 3 operations: (1) constructing a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system; (2) expressing a list of other users with whom they(4) shared a connections, and (3) viewing and crossing their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The SNSs function like an online community of internet users who sign up as the community members and share common interests in various features such as hobbies, activities, learning, etc. Many SNSs provide some similar components; those are, Profiles contain basic information about oneself, which(5) are age, gender, living place, and personality questions. Social networks dedicated to a special theme like music or movies might ask questions related to that theme. Friends are trusted members of the site that are allowed to post comments on ones profile or sent private messages. Friends are the heart and soul of social networking. Each site uses different term of Friends like Connections in LinkedIn. Groups in most social networks are for finding people with similar interests or Engage in discussion on certain topics. They(6) are both a way to connect with like-minded people and that to identify their interests. Sometimes groups are called other names, like the networks on Facebook. Discussion is a primary focus of groups to create interaction between users in the forms of forum. Most social networking websites support discussion boards for the groups. Many of them(7) also allow members of the group posing pictures, music, video clips and others related to the group. Blog is a feature to create ones own blog entries. Some SNSs, like Wordpress or Blogger, provide rich blogging through the social network. Those(8) sites create as the blog hosts, which is perfect for keeping people informed on what one is up to. Widget is a feature to display information and invite user to act in a number of ways. Many social networks allow variety of wedgets such as buttons, dialog boxes, toggle switches, icons, etc. (820 WORDS)
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Meaning in Context: Match or Mismatch? Match each target word with its appropriate meaning in context. You can look back to the passage above to make sure that the meaning given is referred to what the context needs Also, its part of speech needs to be identified. The example was given for ACCESS. TARGET WORDS access capacity comment community via virtual construct component technique trend unique create define communicate insert display edit enable gender media network focus function individual interact , MEANING ( THAI OR ENGLISH PARTS OF SPEECH Verb

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TARGET WORDS feature link technology process primary identify resource theme similar specific journal topic structure project site Play on Word Families TARGET WORDS access capacity comment community via virtual construct component technique trend unique VERB

MEANING ( THAI OR ENGLISH

PARTS OF SPEECH

NOUN
ACCESS

ACCESS

ADJECTIVE -

ADVERB -

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TARGET WORDS create define communicate insert display edit enable gender media network focus function individual interact feature link technology process primary identify resource theme similar specific journal topic structure project site

VERB

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

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Vocabulary: Word Usage Complete the following sentences with the words given. interact communities trend enable similar individuals journal gender technology communicate comment edit

1. Social media is the use of web-based _______________to make communication into an interactive dialogue. 2. Facebook is the example of a social network website that helps people to socially _____________________with one another online. 3. Hi5 and Facebook _______________ viewers to share their ideas. 4. Social media encourages people to ________________ and share posts on the website. 5. MySpace and Social Blogs are other social media tools that enable people to _____________ to their love ones who live far away. 6. Wikipedia is a social media collaborative project which enables audiences to ______________ existing articles. 7. You can write your____________________ on Blogger. 8. Social media changes the way of communication between _____________ and individuals. 9. Twitter is a new __________________ of information technology communication which represents relationships amongst groups of people. 10. People with ________________ interests can share their ideas with one another online. 11. Social network is a social structure made up of _________________ and organizations. 12. A profile shows the internet viewer basic information such as age, _____________, and interests. Say What You Know: Make each sentence as T (true) or F (false) according to the information in the passage above. Use the dictionary to help you understand the words you are not sure. ______1. Social media is considered as a tool of communication. ______2. Internet users need to sign up before posting their comments online. ______3. There are many websites that allow users to share videos such as Wikipedia. ______4. It is impossible to join groups on Facebook. ______5. Second Life is an example of a virtual game. ______6. Social media is called nodes which are connected by one or more groups. ______7. Social network is very popular among workplace, schools and universities. ______8. A social network structure includes profiles, friends, blog posts and widgets. ______9. Many Social Network Sites provide different components. ______10. Friends on SNSs can be family and acquaintances but they cannot post any comment.
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______11. You can create groups only on Facebook. ______12. A forum is another type of social network discussion. ______13. An example of widget is World of Warcraft. ______14. It can be said that social media can encourage users participation but not conversation. ______15. You can vote for video clips you like on YouTube. Understand Pronoun References Do you know what are these pronouns referred to? 1. The word It(1) refers to________________________________________________________ 2. The word It(2) refers to________________________________________________________ 3. The word This(3) refers to_____________________________________________________ 4. The word they(4) refers to_____________________________________________________ 5. The word which(5) refers to____________________________________________________ 6. The word They(6) refers to_____________________________________________________ 7. The word them(7) refers to____________________________________________________ 8. The word Those(8) refers to____________________________________________________ Generative Use of Words Learnt and Understanding Text Complete the following passage with the word you have learnt in the passage given. Social media is for social interaction. It is a new 1)__________ of communication which 2)_________ users to change the way to communicate between organizations, communities, as well as 3)_______. Practically, social media encourages users to vote, 4)__________ and share information with people who have the similar 5)____________. Kaplan and Haenlein classify different social media into six different types. The first one is collaborative 6)__________ (e.g. Wikipedia). Users can add and 7)___________their articles. The second type is blogs and microblogs (e.g. Twitter). It enables users to 8)___________ online journals. Thirdly, content communities such as Youtube, Flickr and Blinklist. Users can share photos and video to get feedback from other members on the 9)__________. Other social networking sites such as Facebook and Hi5 allow users to 10)___________ the site via their mobile phones. Everyone loves playing 11)____________ online games (e.g. World of Warcraft) which make them feel that they are in the real situation. The last type is virtual social worlds (e.g. Second Life). Its 12)____________ include: blogs, and picture-sharing. Many of these social media services can be used via social network aggregation platforms.

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