8 Key Takeaways about Social Media and News
News has a place in social media – but on some sites more than others
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Chart of the Week: How metro areas drive the U.S. economy
A handful of metropolitan areas generate the bulk of U.S. economic activity.
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Social Media Update 2013
42% of online adults use multiple social networking sites, but Facebook remains the platform of choice
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World Wide Web Timeline
A timeline of the major milestones and small moments that have shaped the Web since 1989.
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News Use Across Social Media Platforms
How do different social networking websites stack up when it comes to news? How many people engage with news across multiple social sites? And what are their news consumption habits on traditional platforms?
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It’s a woman’s (social media) world
The average gap between the proportion of men and women who use social media
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6% of Online Adults are reddit Users
Young men are especially likely to visit the “front page of the internet.”
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Six Percent of Online Adults are reddit Users
Young men are especially likely to visit the site. Some 15% of male internet users ages 18-29 say that they use reddit, compared with 5% of women in the same age range and 8% of men ages 30-49.
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Social Media Win a Big One in Washington
Legislation aimed at combating online piracy drew the universal ire of social media users last week as a large January 18 protest put pressure on Congress to oppose the bills. And in what many observers called an unprecedented event, the online resistance actually forced the legislators into retreat last week.
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Bloggers Recall the Year in Pictures
A set of moving photographs that helped define the year 2011 generated major attention in the blogosphere (and also helped BuzzFeed have its busiest day of online traffic ever). Teen singers dominated the conversation on Twitter and a Mexican presidential candidate’s gaffe was the most popular news video on YouTube.