Definition of social media
: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)
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For more than a year, the social media company has come under fire for its data privacy practices, most notably with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. — Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN, "Facebook's dating service is launching in the US," 5 Sep. 2019 Tasha Smith Quinnelly reported on social media earlier this week that the ineligible player was her son, James Quinnelly. — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, "Daphne High parents rally around football team following news of forfeit loss," 5 Sep. 2019 In 2015, the newspaper began collecting information on fatal shootings from local news reports, public records and social media. — Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, "What the Data Say about Police Shootings," 5 Sep. 2019 As most friendships are maintained in this day and age, Stein kept up with Guiney through social media. — Jordan Frias, BostonGlobe.com, "Mass. woman who died in Calif. boat fire remembered for her love of life," 5 Sep. 2019 At least, that’s the kind of argument critics could safely make before social media added a new layer to the discourse around movies. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Is Joker Just a Movie?," 5 Sep. 2019 Since achieving almost Kardashian-level celebrity status on social media, Horseshoe Bend has become one of Arizona’s most iconic hikes. — Roger Naylor, azcentral, "Now you can kayak Arizona's famous Horseshoe Bend. Here's how.," 5 Sep. 2019 But over the course of the five months between his visit to FAMU and his decision to enroll at Oregon, Thibodeaux—who gushed about the historically black university on social media—galvanized alumni and boosted national awareness of the institution. — Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, "It’s Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges," 5 Sep. 2019 Actor Malik Yoba said he is attracted to transgender women in a lengthy social media post shared last week. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, "Cool Runnings Actor Malik Yoba Says He Is Attracted to Transgender Women: 'It's Time to Speak'," 4 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'social media.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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