Why Social Media isn't a Waste of Time

WHY SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T A WASTE OF TIME A look at what Americans get out of using social networks Americans use social media to... Keep in touch with friends and family: Stay in touch with current friends M 67% Stay in touch with family members T 64% Reconnect: 个个 50 % Reconnect with old friends Some use it to Make friends: 竹 18 % Connect with those who share hobbies (50-64 year olds) Find love: 社 17 % Find a mate (men) It's entertaining Over 250 million photos are uploaded each day Millions of Photos are uploaded every week A -1 Million Photos 1 Week 1.75M Photos 1 Month 7.5M Photos 1 Year ANAA AAA 90M Photos Total Online Video Streams O= 100 Million Videos 73,861,000 Videos 83,013,000 Videos Time Spent Viewing 226,921,000 Minutes 247,671,000 Minutes It can help us find work 71% 66% 57% of the class of 2011 34% used social media in 26% 29% 41% their job search 2009 2010 2011 college class: |= % who think employers should view profiles % who think employers will view their profiles It can tug at our heart strings Top stories shared on Facebook in 2011 4. 1. Satellite photos of Japan, before and after the quake and Tsunami Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps 3. IIL) No, your zodiac sign hasn't changed 5. Father daughter dance medley 2. 6. What teachers really want to tell parents 7. You'll freak when you see the new Facebook Dog mourns death of Navy SEAL at funeral facebook 9. Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines 8. Dog in Japan stays by the side of friend in rubble 10. New zodiac sign dates: Ophiuchus the 13th sign? We Social Media Today, 4 out of 5 internet users visit social networks and blogs = 10 Million Tweets On a busy day, Twitter gets about 170 Million Tweets Americans spend more time on Facebook than any other U.S. website (Q3 2011) = 1 Billion Minutes facebook 53.5B Minutes C00000000 DOO0O000 YAHOO 17.2B Minutes 000000G00000OO0000 Google 12.5B Minutes G00O00GO00OOC AOL O 11.4B Minutes 000000000000 msn. 9.5B Minutes 0000000000 SOURCES Pew Internet "Why Americans use social media," November 2011 Created for Schools.com © QuinStreet, Inc., 2012 Nielsen "State of the media: the social media report," Q3 2011 Schools.com Sysomos "How People Currently Share Pictures on Twitter," June 2011 The National Association of Colleges and Employers "Social Media in the Job Search: LinkedIn, Twitter Outpace Facebook as Tools," 2011 your future starts here Facebook + Media "Most Shared Articles on Facebook in 2011," November 2011 The Facebook Blog "Bigger, Faster Photos," November 2011 Information is based on U.S. online use. photos uploaded