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social media

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

The websites and applications considered as collectively constituting a medium by which people share messages, photographs, and other information, especially in online communities or forums based on shared interests or backgrounds.

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social media

pl n

(Communications & Information) agencies, such as websites and applications, that facilitate social networking

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