RECR 422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Bookmarking, Image Sharing, Pew Research Center

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 422
• Professor: Jessica Walter

Document Summary

72% of online adults use facebook growth has plateaued no significant change in overall share of users since 2012. Proportion of online adults with use pinterest and instagram has doubled since pew. Research center first started tracking social media platform adoption in 2012. In terms of user engagement, the proportion of instagram, pinterest, snapchat, and linkedin users who use each respective site daily has increased significantly since. Fully 59% of instagram users, 27% of pinterest users, and 22% of linkedin users visit theses platforms daily. Pinterest, facebook and instagram have a larger female user base. Online discussion forums like reddit, digg or slashdot attract a greater share of male users. Provides the way people share ideas, content, thoughts, and relationships online. Anyone can create, comment on, and add to content. Social media can take the form of text, audio, video, images and communities. Video & photo sharing: youtube, flickr, instagram, vine.