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Keywords

Authenticity, New media, Linguistic, Errors, Cyber laws, Misuse, Abuse, In cyber space

Discussion online travel community or followers of a

One of the notable aspects of new media is sports blog. Communities are usually hosted on
that it includes social networks, which have social networking platforms such as Instagram,
become very popular these days. Social net- Facebook groups, and WhatsApp groups. Now
working sites or applications such as Face- what makes the new media unique and special
book and Snapchat allow people, groups, and among us? The following will explain to you
organisations to connect and share information the reasons:
such as pictures and texts. There are also vir- (1) Interactivity: New media forms often
tual communities where a network of people make it possible to have more interaction than
from all parts of the world share information with old media. The audience feels engaged.
and exchange ideas across an online commu- For example, on a digital platform like that of
nity. The members of the community are able a news channel or a radio program, you have
to share similar interests or goals, such as an access to tweet or live comment.

Fig 4.3.2 Various types of social media platforms

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