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March 2020

What is social media? Here’s a psychological definition

  • by Ciarán
  • 3rd March 20203rd March 2020

Everyone knows what social media is, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to define! You know it when you see it, right? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat – that kind of thing? But what about Wikipedia? Or WhatsApp? Are they social media too? If not, why not?

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