Glossary of Social Media terms according United Nations Office Drugs and Crimes (UNODC)

A photograph taken of oneself.

• A site that allows users to video chat with each other from their accounts • Privacy settings: users have to add each other to send/receive calls

• A messaging application for smartphones. The messages are often pictures or videos and disappear after a selected amount of time. • Users may send each other messages directly after connecting. The user sending the message selects how many seconds the message will stay on the receiver’s screen before disappearing.

Many social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat) have the option to post photos or videos that are viewable by all of that user’s connections for a limited amount of time.