Kafin watsa labarun fasaha ne na mu'amala da ke sauƙaƙe ƙirƙira da raba bayanai, ra'ayoyi, bukatu, da sauran nau'ikan maganganu ta hanyar al'ummomin kama-da-wane da hanyoyin sadarwa.Yayin da ƙalubale ga Ma'anar kafofin watsa labarun ke tasowa saboda iri-iri na sabis na kafofin watsa labarun da aka gina a halin yanzu, akwai wasu fasalulluka gama gari.

Bugu da ƙari, ana amfani da kafofin watsa labarun don rubuta abubuwan tunawa, koyi da gano abubuwa, tallata kanku, da kulla abota tare da haɓaka ra'ayoyi daga ƙirƙirar shafukan yanar gizo, kwasfan fayiloli, bidiyo, da wuraren caca.[9] Wannan dangantakar da ke canjawa tsakanin mutane da fasaha ita ce ta fi mayar da hankali ga fage na binciken kai na fasaha.[10] Wasu shahararrun gidajen yanar gizo na kafofin watsa labarun, masu amfani da masu amfani da fiye da miliyan 100, sun haɗa da Twitter, Facebook (da Messenger ɗin sa), WeChat, ShareChat, Instagram, QZone, Weibo, VK, Tumblr, Baidu Tieba, da kuma LinkedIn. Dangane da fassarar, sauran mashahuran dandamali waɗanda wani lokaci ake kira sabis na kafofin watsa labarun sun haɗa da YouTube, QQ, Quora, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, LINE, Snapchat, Pinterest, Viber, Reddit, Discord, TikTok, Microsoft Teams, da ƙari. Wikis misalai ne na ƙirƙirar abun ciki na haɗin gwiwa.