Social Media

Presentation:
Whatsapp -
A communicative
messaging Application
By: Trina Jhunjhnuwala
What is the purpose of this social media?

• WhatsApp is communication platform for social media,

that is free to download on smartphones. Users are able
to send messages when connected to the internet/wifi.

• Users can: send messages, videos, images and audio

recordings.

• Although Whatsapp replicates the use of simple text

messaging, the benefit is that it is free. This makes more
smart phone users connected on a global platform.

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Table: What are the popular features?
Popular Feature Explanation of how this is used

Images Images are selected from ones own camera roll,

and then shared (upto 30 images at a time)
with the intended receiver. You can choose to
let the app automatically upload images into
your phone, received from peers, or set
functions to have to download images.

Audio - Voice notes Audio recordings are created by holding the

record button down, and creating a verbal
message for your receiver to hear.
Location Sharing You can send one time location, or share your
live location with someone for up to 8 hours.

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Features (Continued) and Sound recording
Sharing Live Location
Sharing Images Sharing Voice Notes

(Personal Communication, Whatsapp)

Click for example of a similar voice note

that was sent in a Whatsapp
(Personal Communication, Whatsapp) Conversation above.
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(Personal Communication, Whatsapp)
 Who is the intended audience?
Whatsapp was originally intended for teens, as it is a texting app,
however it has grown to be used by a wide range of smart phone
users regardless of age.
Here are some staggering statistics about Whatsapp:

• “1.5 billion users in 180 countries makes WhatsApp the most-popular messaging app in the
world”
• “One billion daily active WhatsApp users”
• “India is the biggest WhatsApp market in the world, with 200 million users”

Source:
WhatsApp Revenue and Usage Statistics (2019). (2019, February 19). Retrieved November 4,
2019, from https://www.businessofapps.com/data/whatsapp-statistics/.

Click hyperlink below for more statistics

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https://www.businessofapps.com/data/whatsapp-statistics/
 How does it fit into the characteristics
of social media?
Instant
Main characteristic of social Communication

media and Whatsapp is

instant communication.
Audiences do not have to wait
until scheduled broadcasts to Creates a sense
of Community -
Respond/Provide
Feedback
receive information and can Global

respond immediately.
Providing feedback to peers,
friends, companies and
creating a two-way (or
multiple way) conversation.
Whatsapp creates a sense of
interconnectedness and Interconnected Creating a Two
communication Way/group
community by bringing people back and forth messaging

across the globe together

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Why might we care about this social media?

• Whatsapp is the most used communicative app in the world!

• This means that besides Interpersonal communication, much

of the worlds knowledge and news is shared on this platform.

Food for thought - Because of it’s ability to share

information freely, certain countries such as China
have banned it because of wanting to censor
media and monitor shared communication.
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Why might we adopt this social media?
• It is free.
• Available to any smart phone user with Wifi
Internet Connection.
• Ability to share information, images, videos with
loved ones/professional work spaces/urgent news.
• Connected in general but also is used in times of
emergencies, ie. Location sharing.
• It is easy to use (all age user friendly).
• Creates a global community.
Food for thought: My 88 Year old grandmother is technologically
challenged, having her live half way across the world in the United
States communication can be tricky. However we are able to use
whatsapp to send voice notes to each other. Even though time zones
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can be difficult, she can always hear my voice messages when she is
awake in California.
Although in the United States Whatsapp isn’t
as prevalent - around the world, it is the most
used smartphone app for communication.
Most used Social Media Apps by highschoolers
Globally

4%
10%
Whatsapp
33%
Facebook
12%
Instagram
Twitter
Snapchat
16%
Other
25%

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What are the uses of this social media?

As we discussed, Whatsapp can be used personally or

professionally in order to communicate over messages
which include, text, images, voice, location and video.
It creates connectedness and a global community.

However a global use of this social media is to share

news and organize events through mass group texts.
Because of this, there are advantages and
disadvantages. We must be able to recognize and
separate real and fake news from each other.
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Would you use it?
Since my first smart phone, I have had Whatsapp.
When I lived in the United States it was the only
time I used text or IMessage as opposed to
Whatsapp, however to communicate with
everyone in Hong Kong I still used Whatsapp.

I use Whatsapp because everyone I meet around

the world has it too. I find the app is useful as I
have diverse group conversations, such as certain
ones to plan birthday events with friends, one [Whatsapp icon] Google Images.
with my family or one with just my parents etc. It Retrieved 11/5/19 from
is user friendly no matter how old or tech savvy https://whatsapp.com/
you are. It is easy to keep connected using this
free app, and it is definitely the most used app
on my phone.

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 Thank you for taking the time to view my
Social Media Presentation on Whatsapp 

I hope you feel inspired to download it and

use the app if you would like to easily keep in
touch with more people globally!

If you have any questions please feel free to email me: tjhunjh1@asu.edu

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