social media

Summary

social media is an economic activity^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of economic_activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,501 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• social media's instance of is recorded as economic activity^[3].
• social media's instance of is recorded as industry^[4].
• social media's instance of is recorded as communications media^[5].
• social media's instance of is recorded as genre^[6].
• social media's instance of is recorded as field of study^[7].
• social media's instance of is recorded as field of study^[8].
• social media's instance of is recorded as type of mass media^[9].
• social media is a type of communications media^[10].
• social media is a type of virtual place^[11].
• social media's Commons category is recorded as Social media^[12].
• social media's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Social media^[13].
• social media's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/social-media^[14].
• social media's different from is recorded as social network^[15].
• social media's different from is recorded as Wikiproject:Social networking^[16].
• social media's side effect is recorded as disinformation^[17].
• social media's side effect is recorded as misinformation^[18].
• social media's side effect is recorded as catfishing^[19].
• social media's uses is recorded as Internet^[20].
• social media's studied by is recorded as media studies^[21].
• social media's studied by is recorded as interaction science^[22].
• social media's studied by is recorded as digital media^[23].
• social media's studied by is recorded as media sociology^[24].
• social media's studied by is recorded as social^[25].
• social media's practiced by is recorded as social media manager^[26].
• social media's practiced by is recorded as social media specialist^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include economic activity^[3], industry^[4], communications media^[5], genre^[6], field of study^[7], and type of mass media^[9]. Recorded subclass of include communications media^[10] and virtual place^[11].

Influence

Things named for social media include Truth Social^[28], a social networking service^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2021^[31], headquartered in Sarasota^[32].

Why It Matters

social media ranks in the top 1% of economic_activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,501 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include Truth Social^[28], a social networking service^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2021^[31], headquartered in Sarasota^[32].