Information Science

Social Media

Platforms that provide the ability and tools to create and publish information accessed via the INTERNET. Generally these platforms have three characteristics with content user generated, high degree of interaction between creator and viewer, and easily integrated with other sites.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Platforms that provide the ability and tools to create and publish information accessed via the INTERNET. Generally these platforms have three characteristics with content user generated, high degree of interaction between creator and viewer, and easily integrated with other sites.

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Synonyms

21 entry terms
  • Social Medium
  • Media, Social
  • Folksonomy
  • Mobile Social Media
  • Mobile Social Networks
  • Social Media Messaging
  • Social Tagging
  • Twitter Messaging
  • Web 2.0
  • Folksonomies
  • Media Messaging, Social
  • Messaging, Social Media
  • Messaging, Twitter
  • Mobile Social Medias
  • Mobile Social Network
  • Social Media Messagings
  • Social Media, Mobile
  • Social Network, Mobile
  • Social Taggings
  • Tagging, Social
  • Web 2.0s

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

2012; use INTERNET for TWITTER MESSAGING 1999-2015

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Media. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061108. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061108
  2. Social Media. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
  3. Social Media. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833