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Social Media and Genealogy. Robert & Diane Pulse January 8, 2013. Social Media Definition/Types. Social media employ web- and mobile-based technologies to support interactive dialogue … between organizations, communities, and individuals. Classifications/Apps (Applications):
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Social Media and Genealogy Robert & Diane Pulse January 8, 2013
Social Media Definition/Types • Social media employ web- and mobile-based technologies to support interactive dialogue … between organizations, communities, and individuals. • Classifications/Apps (Applications): • Internet forums/Message Boards • Blog e.g., Twitter • Wikis e.g., MyFamily/MyHeritage • Social Networks e.g., Facebook/Google+/LinkedIn • Podcast e.g., YouTube • Photo Sharing e.g., Pinterest • Can be altered almost instantaneously by comments or editing.
Internet forums/Message Boards • A message board or a forum is an online discussion done through posting messages back and forth as if in a conversation. The actual conversation is known as a “thread” and one can follow that thread back to the very beginning and pick up all the clues and information along the thread to reach a conclusion or an answer to a problem. • RootsWeb/Ancestry (the same now) • Keywords • Surnames • Family Search - discontinued while I made this presentation in favor of FaceBook and Wiki
Blog often associated with news letters • Anglo-Celtic Connections • The Genealogy News • Twitter - I have never found a genealogical use for a 120 character messing service
Wiki • Family Search • MyHeritage (Israeli company) Scovern Example • MyFamily - division of Ancestry • Wikipedia
Social Networks • Facebook • Google+ • LinkedIn - mainly Business
Podcast / Webinars • One direction with text feedback • YouTube - Ancestry • Legacy • Family Tree Magazine • BBC - Tracing Your Roots • Genealogy Guys
Photo Sharing • Pinterest PLEASE read the terms of service before placing you pictures on this service, you transfer ownership to them • Instagram - faces first civil lawsuit for changes in Terms of Services
Recirculating Email • The oldest form of social media and still in use today. • A process where all the interested parties are copied on a series of e-mail’s discussing a specific subject.
Another view - Using Social Media • Family Search • Cyndi's List Blog • Archives • Ancestry - using the Social media for the presentation