another newbie question here could anyone here be kindly enough to tell me the difference b/w social media and the social networking or they are actually the same thing?
In social networking - You have to build your circle, share feeling, share bookmarks, .... Social media - media related websites like press releases, news papers, ... Both are different.
Don't get confuse. Get full details on each at: Social network ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network list of social networking websites - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites Social media - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media Social media optimization - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_optimization Go through the above article, you will get the good idea on both of them. All the best...
Social networking is for every purpose whether you wanna use it for business or just find new people. In social media many things are included like press realeases.