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New Media Communications

A general guide to communications resources for members of the Rosemont College community.

What is social media?

According to WhatIs.com, social media is "is a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration." SEOPressor takes this a step further to define six types of social media: 

  1. Social Networks
  2. Bookmarking Sites
  3. Social News
  4. Media Sharing
  5. Microblogging
  6. Blog comments and forums

On this page, you'll find out more about social media, as well as the dos and don'ts of posting.

 

Using Social Media

Anyone in the profession will tell you that there is an etiquette to using social media.  Here are some resources on the Dos and Donts of social media.