1. Andy Alexander & Thomas Hodson
Face to Face With Media
Andy Alexander & Thomas Hodson

3. Media Timeline Internet created in about 1986 Email started in 1993
Texting started in the mid 1990’s
Facebook had its beginning in Feb. 2004
YouTube started in Feb. 2005
Twitter began in July 2006
First Iphone June 29, 2007
Ipad April of 2010

4. Facebook 1.28 billion active users 1 in 13 people on earth
71.2% of Internet Users on Facebook with 50% daily
More than 250 million people access through mobile
45% of Internet users 65 and over are on Facebook

5. YouTube More than 1 billion unique users with 80% traffic in U.S.
6 billion hours of video is viewed each month
Over 100 hours of video uploaded every minute
40% of all use is through mobile devices

6. Twitter In the past 9 years, 1 billion users
500 million tweets generated per day and 46% of users use Twitter more than once per day
44% of users do not post but instead use it as a curator of information

7. Current Trends Pew Research 7/14/15
63% of users says Twitter is a news source
63% say Facebook is a news source
In 2013, it was 52% Twitter and 47% Facebook
59% use Twitter for Breaking News and only 31% use Facebook
People use Twitter more for government and political news

8. API Report Released Sept. 1, 2015
86% say they use Twitter for news and 74% do so daily
40% use it for Breaking News and 39% for reg. news
73% users follow individual journalists & writers
62% follow institutional accounts
94% get news from scrolling or browsing those they follow
86% Twitter users use it for news and 74%
82% access Twitter on their phones