ICT

Submitted to:

Sir Zeeshan

Submitted by:

Zainab Basharat

Zainab Sarwar

Zainab Maan

Taiab Nasar
TOPIC

Social Media

03/01/2019
OVERVIEW
 What is Social Media?
 Why is it important?
 Types of Social Media
 Quantity of users using Social Media types
 Advantages and disadvantages
 Solution
 Conclusion
 Any question
 End
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?
 Social media are computer mediated technologies that
enable us to create and share information, ideas, career,
interests, and other forms of expression via virtual
communities and networks.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Social media refers to websites and applications that are
designed to allow people to share content quickly,
efficiently and in real time.
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Social networking (Facebook, Linkedin, Google+).
Microblogging (Twitter, Tumblr).
Photo sharing (Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest).
Video sharing (You Tube, FacebookLive, Periscope,
Vimeo).
USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
 There are so many uses of social media depending on
different categories.(e.g.- business,political.health).
 Communication
 Collaboration
 Review&opinions
 Brand monitoring
 entertainment
QUANTITY OF USERS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TYPES

Whatsapp: 1.3 billion monthly active users.

Facebook: 2.27 billion monthly active users.
Instagram: 800 million monthly active users.
Twitter: 326 million monthly active users.
Snapchat: 150 million daily active users,
You tube: over 1.8 billion monthly active users.
Pinterest: 250 million monthly active users.
ADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
 Increased brand awareness
 Social media is one of the most cost-efficient digital marketing methods
used to syndicate
 Content and increase your business visibility
DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
 Fraud & scams
 Security issues
 Reputation
 Hacking
 Addiction
 Cheating and relationship issues
 Health issues
SOLUTION/RECOMMENDATION
 Parents could guide children to use social media in a
appropriate way and keep checks on them
 School should provide right definition and right information
about social media
 Itself should obtain and create ability inside yourself
 Government should take some relevant and appropriate
steps in order to guarantee the authenticity of information
given on social media
CONCLUSION
 To be fair and honest social media has its positive effects
along with drawbacks as well .
 It is your choice to either use it in positive way and get
benefit from it socially and academically or use it in negative
way.
Any question
?
End