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New Language: Part 4
You are at a disadvantage if you visit a non- English speaking country and can not speak the language. In order to effectively operate in the new world order of social media and social networking, it is important to understand the terminology. I have compiled a list of terms A-Z from various resources to assist you in learning social media language. It is going to take 13 blogs to cover all the information, time for G – J. Check older post for previous language articles.  (Source references are listed at the bottom of each post

Groundswell:
A social trend where people use technologies to network, socialize, obtain products, and services from companies. These technologies include blogs, social networks & communities, and wikis, to name a few.

Groups:
Collections of individuals with some sense of unity through their activities, interests or values. They are bounded whether you are in a group, or not. This is how they differ from networks, which are dispersed, and defined by nodes and connections. Email lists and forums sit easily with bounded groups, blogs with networks – although the match with tools is not entirely clear-cut. A group may use a blog, and an email list may serve a network.

Guest:
Someone invited to participate in a podcast because of their point-of-view, expertise or experience. Often times, guests provide testimonials or experiential stories. Guests may also be representatives of a sponsor.

Host:
A web host

ID3 Tag:
An addition to MP3 files, allows data such as the file’s title, performer, category and even cover art to be stored directly in the file:

iPodder:
One of the original podcast clients, iPodder is a free program that can automatically download new shows when they become available, and synchronize them with portable digital audio players.

Intro:
The beginning of a podcast; can include a music lead-in with an announcer naming the show, the episode and possibly the sponsor. The ending of a podcast is commonly referred to as an “Outro”

Instant messaging (IM):
A method of chatting online with one other person using an IM tool like AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft Live Messenger or Yahoo Messenger. The tools allow you to indicate whether or not you are available for a chat, and if so, can be a good alternative to emails for a rapid exchange. Problems arise when people in a group are using different IM tools that don’t connect. One way around this is to use a common Voice over IP tool like Skype that also provides IM.

Item:
A single entry in a news feed or podcast channel. In podcasts, each item contains the enclosure linking to the podcast file and various information about the file such as title, author, category, etc.

iTunes:
Apple’s multimedia player software. As well as playing multimedia files, iTunes links to a directory of podcasts and acts as a podcatcher by allowing users to subscribe to podcasts.

Joining up:
A big opportunity – and challenge – in the world of social media and networking. On the one hand links, tags and feeds – together with the spirit of openness – means content in different places can be brought together (aggregated). On the other hand, the move from groups to networks, and forums to blogs, means that content is spread around and there is seldom a one-stop-shop.

Source References for Blog:
CGM Glossary
Social Media Glossary
Wikipedia
Webopedia
Netlingo
Digital Dialogues