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Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie led a talk during a webinar in which financial analysts and journalists discussed: “Facebook Fatigue: Fact or Fiction?”
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Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie led a talk during a webinar in which financial analysts and journalists discussed: “Facebook Fatigue: Fact or Fiction?”
About one-in-five (21%) Facebook users who took a break from the service say they did so because they were too busy and didn’t have time for it.
61% of Facebook users have taken a voluntary break from using the site at one time or another and 27% plan to spend less time on the site this coming year. Even so, two-thirds of online adults are now Facebook users.
22% of registered voters have announced their vote for president on social media like Facebook or Twitter
22% of registered voters have announced their vote for president on social media like Facebook or Twitter
During what may prove a key period in the race for president, the candidates received very different treatment on Twitter, Facebook and blogs than in the mainstream media, a new PEJ study finds. The candidates each enjoyed a bounce in mainstream media treatment during their conventions. By contrast, social media showed little change, and the discourse was highly negative.
Users of Twitter, Facebook and blogs weighed in heavily on the Supreme Court Health Care ruling last week. PEJ examines the sentiment on each of the three social media platforms, how that sentiment shifted in the days that followed the ruling and the degree to which users delved into implications for the presidential contenders.
Bloggers and Twitter users love guessing about new high-tech devices and last week, they were busy discussing what the new iPhone would look like and whether Facebook would jump into the smartphone business. On YouTube, many users saw video of a gruesome crime.
The Facebook IPO was a hot topic on blogs, Twitter and Facebook last week with doubts about the stock’s value exceeding bullishness on the investment. And the topics of conversation—which ranged from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding to co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s citizenship—varied by social media platform.
At two degrees of separation (friends of friends), Facebook users surveyed on average can reach 150,000 other Facebook users.
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