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Macro or Micro? Blog or Tweet?
By margaret on 17 February 2010 - 3:01pm
As social networking sites gain in popularity, blogging is experiencing a decline among teens (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-29) while the percentage of adults blogging increased moderately from 7% to 11%.
Social Media Continues to Play Critical Role in Relief Efforts
On Twitter and You Tube, the recovery efforts following the tragic earthquake in Haiti continue to be the main subject of interest. Online communication sites, such as Twitter, have played an especially large role as they quickly filled with Haiti-related information and ways to offer aid. Social media became central to the fundraising effort that raised millions of dollars.
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Imagining the Internet
By margaret on 4 January 2010 - 2:54am
I love the Internet! I like having access to volumes of information at my fingertips to be explored at any time of day or night. I came across a site that I thought was worth sharing - Imagining the Internet.
All About Twitter
By margaret on 29 October 2009 - 9:10am
PEW just released a report Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009 indicating that a “social segment” of internet users is flocking to both social network sites and status update services. This segment is likely to grow as ever more internet users adopt mobile devices as a primary means of going online.
According to the report, some 19% of internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others.
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