Annuity News Now--Older users flocking to Facebook, Twitter (Mark Wahlstrom)

Between April 2009 and May, the percentage of internet users 50 and up who said they use social-networking sites has risen from 22 percent to 42 percent, according to the survey by the Pew Research Center.

Respondents 65 and older reported a 100 percent increase, while those between 50 and 64 jumped 88 percent.

By comparison, the number of users from 18-29 who said they use networking sites rose a much more meager 13 percent.

For anyone who logs on to sites such as Facebook and...

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From: AnnuityNewsNow

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Webinar Wednesday Social Network Analysis for Qualitative Research with Samuel Collins

Samuel Gerald Collins is an anthropologist at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. His research examines the urban as the confluence of people and social media. He is the author of various books, book chapters and articles, among them All Tomorrow's Cultures: Anthropological Engagements With the Future (Berghahn, 2008), Library of Walls (2009) and, along with co-author Matthew Durington, Networked Anthropology (Routledge, 2014). He is currently in Seoul on a Fulbright Grant.

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From: American Anthropological Association

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Christine Greenhow: Help from Friends: Social Network Sites & the Future of Cyberlearning

Christine Greenhow, Michigan State University, at the Cyberlearning Research Summit on January 18, 2012, Talk Set 5: Digital Books in Social Spaces with Educational Data Mining. See http://cyberlearning.sri.com

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From: cyberlearningvideos

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Social media is most popular online activity in Latin America

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Social media is the most popular online activity of internet users in Latin America, according to research by comScore.

The research revealed that Latin Americans spent 29% of their time online on social networking sites, more than any other activity. Portals and retail were the second and third most popular online activities respectively.

Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) came second in terms of social media consumption, with internet...

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Social Media business continues to grow

In this video we describe how the Social Media business continues to grow.

Market research company eMarketer forecasts that US advertisers will spend 20% more on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace in 2010.

This means social media will account for 6.7 per cent of all US online ad spending.

Apparently Facebook dominates with 50% market share of Social Media spend whilst Myspace diminishes.

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From: Weboptimiser

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APS Convention Video Blog: Adjusting to College: How Social Networking Sites Are Impacting Students

My name is John Raacke from Fort Hays State University, and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.

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From: PsychologicalScience

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