Hypertext - text which contains links, which is regularly seen on social media sites like Twitter and began on read-only sites of Web 1.0.
Collaboration - The way Web 2.0 has allowed producers to use social media and work together on large scale projects.
Prosumer - An amateur producer who uses online/digital technologies to create and distribute social media products. For example, this includes YouTubers such as Alfie Deyes, Vloggers and Short Film Artists.
Sematic Web - The way by web 3.0 machines are allowed to understand the meaning of hyperlinked information to personalise content to audiences.
YouTube
YouTube is a video-on-demand social media platform. It allows to share, upload. search, comment, like, dislike and create playlists. The benefits have own voice by uploading their own videos, source of entertainment, keep updated with the news (both official and unofficial), a successful platform for advertising and helpful educational use.
Instragram
Quick and easy to upload own photos and videos. The benefits are:
Post quickly straight from camera app
Create a portfolio - solid platform
See what your friends are doing to keep up-to-date
Follow idols to be inspired/encourage distribution
Filters for best images without other apps such photoshop
Snapchat
Snapchat is for friends and family to keep up-to-date and broadcast their lives. The benefits are:
Connect with friends
News content - updates with metadata
Own citizen journalism - event stories
Discover new people and new friends near your location
Make funny content with good ads features with filters
Facebook
Facebook is app/website (social networking site) to make own profile, share with friends, family and beyond. The benefits are:
Facebook live to get news instant
Networking tool
Twitter
Twitter is an online news and social networking service, where users communicate through messages called 'tweets'. The benefits are:
Connect to people over the world
Share opinions
Participating
Quick and easy consumption with tags, retweets and 140 character limit
Wider audience
Campaigns and sharing jobs
Henry Jenkins
He looked into fan film and how online technologies have enabled 'participating culture'.