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MOTIVATION
INSTRUCTION/DELIVERY Teacher Tips
• For a source of statistics on social media
and information in different countries, refer
Discussion
to Universal McCann at the Wave site (see
1. Discuss with the learners people in social media. Explain that social media has enabled people to be channels of information,
Resources).
thereby becoming a medium of communication.
• There is no fixed classification of formats
2. Discuss with the learners the following:
of social media. There is a wide variety of
classification made by different experts.
a. People as media - Individuals serve as channels of information. Traditionally, this is limited to folk media, writing, or creating a
New formats are continually emerging.
media artefact. With the advent of social media, individuals have been empowered to not just create media artefacts but to give
Check for new formats and emerging trends
feedback, edit and add on to the media artefact.
on the Internet.
b. Characteristics of social media:
• Individualized, builds profiles (includes personal details, pictures, likes)
• Connects with friends and people (includes referrals by other friends or by the site itself)
• Uploads content in real time
• Enables conversations (both private and public)
• Provides tracking (history and threads)