[reshie]

i would say yes. so are blogs,forums,chats,etc. networking itself is social in a form. media is perhaps key.

media definition "(Communications & Information) the means of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as television, newspapers, and radio"

and internet i would say and i would say broadcasting not necessarily interacting. now social is the means of people interacting with other so anything with like comments would fall into social media but pure social would be like chat. social media would be very forum in function but can of course be more distinct like face book though it may fall more under a social paradigm.