Character social networks in movies
We’ve seen a lot of network charts for Twitter, Facebook, and real people. Screw that. I want to see social networks for movie characters. That’s where Movie Galaxies comes in.
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The Landscape of Social Media Users —
As of December 2012:
- 15% of online adults say they use Pinterest
- 13% of online adults say they use Instagram
- 6% of online adults say they use Tumblr
- 67% of online adults say they use Facebook
- 16% of online adults say they use Twitter
New report out today with a detailed breakdown of social media user demographics, by individual platform: http://pewrsr.ch/XORHnZ
Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us here at Pew Internet.
Why the Social Media Revolution Is About to Get a Little Less Awesome
Facebook, as a symbol of the attention economy, had already changed dramatically. Before the IPO, the company’s value was a debate. After the IPO, its value was a stock price. One side had said all along that no company had ever achieved Facebook’s scale, reach, and mastery of an audience’s time and attention without being worth $100 billion. Another side had said that no company such an undeveloped business model could possibly be worth even half that price. We don’t know who’s right in the long term, but in the short term the pessimists are winning[…]
Some of the smartest and most creative entrepreneurs and developers of our generation are dedicated to making awesome stuff for you, and, bankrolled by deep-pocketed venture capitalists, their determining business metric was not “How will you make money from credit cards and marketing departments?” but rather: How many millions of people are you delighting with your exceptionally cheap product? It is hard to imagine an industry built on a more satisfying premise for customers.
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Mexico and DR, ‘close friends’ with US on Facebook
Facebook Stories just launched this cool interactive showing the degrees of separation between countries. The graphic shows which countries have the closest friendships connections on this social media platform. Not surprisingly, one of the main driving forces behind international connections among nations (even in social media) is immigration.
Mexico, Canada and the Dominican Republic are the three closest friends in Facebook with the United States. This means that users from this nations are using this platform to keep in touch with friends and family.
FJP: It’d be very interesting to see what kind of stories are being shared by users in these neighboring nations. Are they sharing news stories? Does this phenomena reinforces the idea of an incipient transnational audience?
Engagement is a big buzzword in journalism today. But what if the future of journalism lies not only in building the right app or tech tool but in developing deep and meaningful connections between reporters and residents?
That’s what Free Press’ News Voices: New Jersey project set out to discover six months ago.
Just released: New report on teens, tech & social media.
Spoilers:
- Teens are constantly connected. 92% of American teens go online daily, including 24% who go online ‘almost constantly.’
- Facebook is still king for teens. Instagram is runner up.
- Teens are, however, diversifying their social network usage — A majority of teens — 71% — use more than one social network.
- Fully 88% of American teens ages 13 to 17 have or have access to a mobile phone of some knd, and a majority of teens (73%) have smartphones.
The State of Washington says that early next week it will become the first state in the nation to offer voter registration via Facebook.
HUGE NEWS: Democrats in Congress have introduced new legislation that would restore Net Neutrality!
Tell Congress: Keep the Internet WEIRD — and SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
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