Glossary

Type of social media that is characterized by date-stamped entries which are showed in reverse chronological order. Microblogs like Twitter are included in this category.

Type of Instagram post that is composed by more than one photo that you can swipe through.

The main goal of this type of social media is to the simultaneous creation of content by its users. Wikipedia is a great example of a collaborative project.

Type of social media where the main goal is to share content between users. This category includes YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest.

Content created by the team behind the citizen science project. This includes content uploaded directly by the projects account and external hyperlinks to contet created by the team (e.g., project website).

Internet-based applications that allow the exchange of content created by their users. 

Social media can be classified in different types: (1) social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram); (2) blogs, including microblogs (e.g., Twitter); (3) content communities (e.g., YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest); (4) collaborative projects (e.g., Wikipedia); (5) virtual social worlds (e.g., Second Life) and (6) virtual game worlds (e.g., Sims).

Type of social media where users can create profiles with personal information and connect with family, friends and collegues by giving them access to that profile and/or by sharing private messages. This category includes Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, among other social media platforms.

Term used in the scope of this course to refere to social networking sites, content communities and microblogs as a whole.

All the content that was not created by the team of the project. For example, sharing a newspaper article on social media counts as third-party content (unless it was written by a team member).

In this type of social media, users are represented by avatars, which they can control and guide through virtual, three-dimensional environments. However, there are some interaction restrictions (e.g., limited self-representativeness). 

Sims and World of Warcraft are great examples of virtual game worlds.