The document discusses social media practices and how social media has changed how information is distributed and received. It notes that blogs, Facebook, and Twitter are among the major social media platforms, with blogs being the most established and Facebook and Twitter still growing. Social media allows for more interactive distribution of content through social networks and conversations rather than traditional one-way distribution methods. The document advocates using different social media platforms like blogs, wikis, Facebook, and Twitter for different purposes like sharing news, facts, stories, or real-time updates.