Communities are built through meaningful relationships

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Why be online?

Source: Pew Research Institute

It took Facebook only 2 years

While it has taken Television 13 years to reach a market audience

of 50 million

There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace

If it were a country, It would be the fifth largest in the world!

Support Your Mission & Create Impact on the Ground

• PERSUADE

• INFORM

• EDUCATE

• ENTERTAIN

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So what the heck is “Social Media” anyway?

Primarily, social media depend on interactions between people as the discussion and integration of words to build shared-meaning, using technology as a conduit.

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“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding and mutual valuing.”

Rollo May, American Existential Psychologist

Thank You!

Demetrio P. MaguigadCommunity Media Workshopwww.newstips.orgwww.communitymediaworkshop.org

demetrio@newstips.org