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Instagram Is Fastest Growing Social Network Worldwide

The Realtime Report

Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn are still the most popular social networks worldwide, but Instagram is growing faster than any other social site, according to new research by GlobalWebIndex. The Facebook-owned image sharing social network increased its active user base by 23% in the last six months.

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Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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88% of Twitter Users Follow At Least One Brand

The Realtime Report

The highlights: 60% of Twitter users access the microblogging platform on mobile devices. This data was revealed just as Twitter released a new feature for big brands, allowing them to embed surveys directly into tweets. there are more than 400 million tweets per day. promoted tweets have an engagement rate of between 1% and 3%.

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The New Media Relations

Proactive Report

It’s official – journalists rely on social media sources to find stories. 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. No, says the survey.

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The New Media Relations

Proactive Report

It’s official – journalists rely on social media sources to find stories. 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. No, says the survey.

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Social Media Newsrooms-nonsense or necessity?

Proactive Report

In a recent survey from Middleberg Communications and the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) ,70% of journalists said they use social networks to assist in reporting, compared to 41% in last year’s survey. Google does not like them and neither do journalists and bloggers.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic.