INTRO TO SOCIAL NETWORKING

Social Networking is…

the grouping of individuals into specific groups;

Social MEDIA, are media for social interaction;

Social Networking and Technology

Social sites such as Facebook and MySpace allow people to interact.

Social Networking-Media

Facebook Facts

has over 400 million users (Feb 2010); is the 2nd most popular website on the

Internet; Casual gaming (Farmville) is most

popular with Moms; 55% are women (in US); Average age is 48 years old;

Social Networking-Media

Media sites such as YouTube.

YouTube Facts: Most popular with 20-35 year olds; over 2 billion viewers per day; Started in 2005/1st video was 19 seconds; 70% of YouTube’s traffic comes from

outside the US

Social Networking-Collaboration

Social Networking Collaboration Wikipedia and other wiki sites allow

users to edit and create together in a collaborative way.

Wikipedia Facts: Maintained only by volunteers; 684 million viewers each day; 2.68 million total articles in English; Can support 260 different languages;

Social Networking-Multimedia Multimedia sites such as Flickr,

Photobucket; Photobucket facts:

2.5 million users; 17,500 new users per day; 250 million images served per day 54% female/46% male; 1.3 million new images uploaded per day

and at peak times, 30 per second;

Social Media-Communication Communication sites such as Twitter,

Wordpress (Blogs). Twitter facts:

106 million accounts; 55 million Tweets per day (640 per second); 55% female/45% male; Top 10 Twitter followers: 10) Ryan Seacrest, 9)

Taylor Swift; 8) John Mayer; 7) Oprah; 6) Kim Kardashian;

5) Lady Gaga; 4) President Obama; 3) Ellen DeGeneres; 2) Britney Spears; 1) Ashton Kutcher;

Social Networking-Review Sites Review sites such as Wordpress and

Yahoo! Answers;

Top 10 Most Popular Social Sites10. Digg9. Photobucket8. IMDB7. Flickr6. Twitter

5. Wordpress4. Craigslist3. Blogger2. Wikipedia1. YouTube