Editing Image sharing (section)

{{short description|Publishing or transfer of photos online}}
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[[File:Instagram app on smartphone.jpg|thumb|A photo shared on the [[Instagram]] app]]
'''[[Image]] sharing''', or '''photo sharing''', is the publishing or transfer of [[digital photography|digital photos]] online. Image sharing websites offer services such as uploading, hosting, managing and sharing of photos (publicly or privately).<ref name="dibiash raita">{{cite journal|author1=Aichner, T.|author2=Jacob, F.|title=Measuring the Degree of Corporate Social Media Use|journal=International Journal of Market Research|date=March 2015|volume=57|issue=2|pages=257–275|doi=10.2501/IJMR-2015-018|s2cid=166531788 }}</ref> This function is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. The term can also be loosely applied to the use of online photo galleries that are set up and managed by individual users, including [[photoblog]]s. Sharing means that other users can view but not necessarily download images, and users can select different copyright options for their images.

While photoblogs tend only to display a chronological view of user-selected medium-sized photos, most photo sharing sites provide multiple views (such as [[thumbnail]]s and [[slideshow]]s), the ability to classify photos into albums, and add annotations (such as captions or [[Tag (metadata)|tags]]).

Desktop photo management applications may include their own photo-sharing features or integration with sites for uploading images to them. There are also desktop applications whose sole function is sharing images, generally using [[peer-to-peer]] networking. Basic image sharing functionality can be found in applications that allow you to email photos, for example by dragging and dropping them into pre-designed [[Template (file format)|templates]].

Photo sharing is not confined to the web and personal computers, but is also possible from portable devices such as [[camera phone]]s, either directly or via MMS. Some cameras now come equipped with [[Wireless LAN|wireless networking]] and similar sharing functionality themselves.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cameras-photography/digital/wifi-cameras.htm|title=How WiFi Cameras Work|last=Klosowski|first=Thorin|date=2010-03-23|newspaper=HowStuffWorks|access-date=2016-10-22}}</ref>