Fb gets older; Social Media and The News; Twitter changes Media
All Growns Up: Facebook Gets Bigger, Older
more than half of all Facebook users are between 25 and 44 years old the number of users over 35 doubled, and the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is women over 55.
Image by askal.bosch via Flickr
Fb has 200+ million active users. This should mean there’s a larger audience for “more serious” subjects and news on Fb.
Social Media Club panel discussion on social media and the news
Local NBC reporters talk about their personal involvement with the changing landscape.
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Breaking news is more frequently broken – and shared – via Twitter:
Dear CNN, Please Check Twitter for News About Iran
Kurtz: Twitter users are changing the media culture
says Howard Kurtz. “They are guiding their friends and followers to the latest news, information, gossip, snark and a pulsating, real-time debate. Old-style news outlets would kill for that sense of belonging.”
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