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minus-squareFedditor385@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMedia is more audio, video, image. Which fits social media. Most forums and blogs are text-based or primary text. There is no blog sharing only images/videos/audio as posts. Also no such forum. That would be my key differentiation - forums and IRC is social, but not really media.
minus-squareptu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoPrinted media is definately media, and so are blogs. The social part of it is how people can interact with it.
minus-squareFedditor385@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI think the focus is digital media, and in that space media is the short of multimedia.
Media is more audio, video, image. Which fits social media.
Most forums and blogs are text-based or primary text. There is no blog sharing only images/videos/audio as posts. Also no such forum.
That would be my key differentiation - forums and IRC is social, but not really media.
Printed media is definately media, and so are blogs. The social part of it is how people can interact with it.
I think the focus is digital media, and in that space media is the short of multimedia.