This course is intended as a practical, hands-on guide to help you understand the world of social media and how individuals, social groups, and businesses are using different types of social media. There are 13 lessons and each lesson has a multiple-choice mastery test. A multiple-choice end-of-course test completes the course.

This course covers the following material:

• Exploration of the technological and sociological drivers of social media

• Exploration of the various types of social media, their features, and their utility

• An analyzation of how technology and privacy laws impact social media

• An analyzation of the impact of social media on business marketing