Users are increasingly turning to Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr for photos and videos.

Social Curation and Creation on Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr: SocialTimes

Facebook and Twitter might be the most popular social networks, but there are other places to create and curate content, Pew Research has learned. Users are increasingly turning to Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr for photos and videos. In a study entitled, “Photos and Videos as Social Currency Online,” researchers Lee Rainie, Joanna Brenner, Kristen Purcell asked […]

Mobile Driving Majority of Growth for Leading EU5 Social Networks

ComScore | Nearly 66.9 million mobile users accessed social networks or blogs via mobile devices during March 2012 in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, seeing a stronger growth rate of 43 percent. An analysis of the leading social networks showed that the growth rates from mobile users accessing social networks far outpaced growth rates […]

Pew: What Facebook and Twitter Mean for News [Excerpt]

Facebook and Twitter Are Still Relatively Small Drivers for News Over all, just 9% of Americans very often follow news recommendations from Facebook or from Twitter on any of the three digital devices (computers, smartphones or tablets). That compares with more than a third, 36%, who very often go directly to news organizations on one […]

Social Media Numbers: Japanese Users Like to Watch, China Leads Mobile

Burcher’s data and Forrester suggest  Japanese users are mostly [on social media] to watch, not create. [...] Burcher’s research is in line with a Forrester report that showed online consumers in emerging markets Brazil, China, India and Mexico used social media tools at least once-a-month, and also created more content than users in the West… More >> [...] […]

Say “YES” to AEJMC 100 Years

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is embarking on a campaign it’s calling “$100 for 100 Years” to celebrate and honor the association’s upcoming centennial. Donations will help fund the James Tankard Book Award, Emerging Scholars Research Program and other efforts in media education, research and service TBD. In the honor of full disclosure, […]