Overall, it has been users of the competing social network, Twitter, far more than bloggers that have shown a strong interest in news about Facebook. During the past two and a half years, Facebook made the top story list on Twitter in 35 weeks, compared to seven weeks on blogs (there were three occasions when Facebook was on the list of both platforms). Some of that discrepancy may be tied in part to the more tech-centric nature of Twitter and because Twitter, more than blogs, is often a vehicle for simply passing along new information.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
THE FACEBOOK FASCINATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA
http://www.journalism.org/index_report/facebook_fascination_social_media?src=prc-newsletter
Overall, it has been users of the competing social network, Twitter, far more than bloggers that have shown a strong interest in news about Facebook. During the past two and a half years, Facebook made the top story list on Twitter in 35 weeks, compared to seven weeks on blogs (there were three occasions when Facebook was on the list of both platforms). Some of that discrepancy may be tied in part to the more tech-centric nature of Twitter and because Twitter, more than blogs, is often a vehicle for simply passing along new information.
Overall, it has been users of the competing social network, Twitter, far more than bloggers that have shown a strong interest in news about Facebook. During the past two and a half years, Facebook made the top story list on Twitter in 35 weeks, compared to seven weeks on blogs (there were three occasions when Facebook was on the list of both platforms). Some of that discrepancy may be tied in part to the more tech-centric nature of Twitter and because Twitter, more than blogs, is often a vehicle for simply passing along new information.
