Websites - What are websites

Published on Web - Not an open source

Content is mostly static

Author can be an Individual or Corporate

Formal or Professional - as contents are created/ edited by professionals

Focus on content about products and/ or services marketed by companies

When websites are updated, no history is available for users

Only the recent modification or updated information is available to users

Not an interactive medium - communication is one way

Transactional

Examples

Helping you find government information and services - Australian Government

Social Media - Victorian Government

Blogs - What are Blog Posts

Published on Web - Not an open source

Content is regularly updated 

Author can be individual or group

Not Formal or Professional - as individual thoughts and opinions are posted

Author focuses on the opinions written in their own voices

As new blogs are posted, the old blog posts are maintained

Blogs are organised in reverse chronological order for users 

Interactive medium - readers can comment or add to the author's posts

Not Transactional - informative or educational

Examples

The Thesis Whisperer

Ebooks for Family Historians - State Library Victoria Blog

Wiki - What are Wiki articles

Published on Web - Open source 

Content is updated or altered

Authors usually in group

Not Formal or Professional - as content can be altered by anyone on the web

Focus is mainly on the content produced and not the individual opinions

When wiki entries are edited, a complete version history is maintained

Articles are available in the reverse chronological order - from History

Interactive medium - anyone can amend the contents or the articles

Not Transactional - informative, can be educational

Examples

Victorian Family History 

Family Search Wiki - Members of the community can submit research advice on any family history topics

What is Facebook - A social media tool, which allows the user to connect and share information, photos and videos, play games with connections or organise events among the connections. Facebook can be used to create a personal profile or a professional profile.

Facebook is an interactive platform.

Facebook Glossary of Terms

Features of Facebook - 

•     Groups: Share and keep in touch with the important groups.
•     Events: Organise gatherings, respond to invites and keep up with what the group are doing.
•     Search: Find people and contents.
•     Notifications and News Feeds: Get alerts from groups and stay up to date with group activities
•     Timeline: Posts and shared information are listed in the timeline of the user.
•     Pages: Help to connect and share information with groups.
•     Trending: Headlines for topics are automatically selected based on the engagement, timelines  and pages visited.
•     Location Services: Share information on your location with groups.

What is Twitter - A social media and micro-blogging tool that enables users to send and read messages known as Tweets.

Twitter is an interactive platform.

A Tweet is a 140 or less characters in length.

Twitter Glossary of Terms

Features of Twitter

•     # [hashtag]: keywords or topics in a Tweet are marked by this symbol.
•     Search: Tweets not more than 10 days can only be searched.
•     Timeline: Tweets occur in a timeline, showing all Tweets from chosen Twitter accounts.
•     Retweet: Used to spread news or share information.
•     Direct Message (DM): Private message sent to followers or received from followers.