Info 360 Ch 8
Social commerce
-The delivery of electronic commerce activities and transactions through social computing -Supports social interactions and user contributions
Microblogging
A form of blogging that allows users to write short messages (or capture an image or embedded video) and publish them
A free microblogging service that allows its users to send messages and read other users' messages and updates
Tag
A keyword or term that describes a piece of information
Web 2.0
A loose collection of information technologies and applications, plus the web sites that use them
Social Graph
A map of all relevant links or connections for one member of a social network
Social shopping
A method of e-commerce that takes all of the key aspects of social networks-friends, groups, voting, comments, discussion, reviews, etc.-and focus them on shopping
Blog (weblog)
A personal Web site, open to the public, in which the site creator expresses his or her feelings or opinions with a series of chronological entries
Social Network
A social structure composed of individuals, groups, or organizations linked by values, visions, ideas, financial exchange, friendship, kinship, conflict, or trade
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
A technology that allows users to receive the information they want, when they want it, without having to surf thousands of Web sites
Social Computing
A type of information technology that combines social behavior and information systems to create value
AJAX
A web development technique that allows portions of Web pages to reload with fresh data instead of requiring the entire Web page to reload
Wiki
A website on which anyone can post material and make changes to other material
Web 2.0 Applications
AJAX, Tagging, and Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Social Networking
Activities performed using social software tools (e.g. blogging) or social networking features (e.g./ media sharing)
Social Advertising
Advertising formats that makes use of the social context of the user viewing the ad
Web 2.0 Media
Any Web site that provides user-generated media content, and promotes tagging, rating, commenting, and other interactions among users and their media contributions.
Tweet
Messages and updates posted by users on Twitter
Collaborative Consumption
Peer-to-peer sharing or renting
Social Intelligence
The monitoring, collection, analysis of socially generated data and the resultant strategic decisions
Social Capital
The number of connections a person has within and between social networks
Crowdsourcing
The process of taking a job traditionally performed by an employee or consultant and outsourcing it to an undefined group of people in the form of an open call
Blogoshere
The term for the million of blogs on the Web
Social Marketplaces
These act as online intermediaries that harness the power of social networks for introducing, buying, and selling products and services
Mashup
Web site that takes different content from a number of other websites and mixes them together to create a new kind of content
