Social Media 2.0: The Next Generation of Hyperconnectivity

Bibliographic Post #2


Schwartz, D. (2014, March 1). Social Media 2.0: The Next Generation of Hyperconnectivity. Law Practice.

Link: http://www.americanbar.org/publications/law_practice_magazine/2014/march-april/social-media-2-0.html

The topic of the article is about social media sites and keeping up with the latest trends. The article's purpose is to inform the audience about how social media has sort of like a “bandwagon" effect, wherein people seem to migrate from one site to another and wherever more people are that’s where others will follow. It also informs us about how adults specifically 65 years and older are joining the social media scene. One example the writer used was how teens have migrated away from a once popular site called Myspace and how others soon followed. He also uses examples like Facebook and LinkedIn and how they gain a lot of new users everyday. In autumn 2012, 42 percent of teens said that Facebook was the most important social media site, a year later however, the numbers decreased to 23 percent. Instagram was rated the most important site with 23 percent in 2013, and 17 percent said that they used Vine and Snapchat more than any other site. Statistics have shown that in 2005 only 8 percent of online adults use social media, but by 2013 72 percent of online adults have social networking accounts. The growth of 65 year older and older went from 13 percent in 2009 to 43 percent in 2013. Facebook was that among the most used social media website for online adults. The writer uses statistics to back up his findings, and also uses information from Piper Jaffary’s report on habits of American Teens. This article is interesting, especially for people who want to know which social media site is used more often and and if they want to know the different statistical numbers for certain sites.