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65% of Journalists Now Use Social Media to Research Stories
An October 2009 national survey conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University found that a majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories. Among the journalists surveyed, 89% said they turn to blogs for story research, 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% to microblogging services such as Twitter. The survey also found that 61% use Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia. …more…
50% of Companies Were Spammed from Social Networking Site in 2009
A survey of 500 companies found a 70% increase in spam and malware attacks via social networking sites in 2009, according to security firm Sophos.
Facebook topped the list as the perceived riskiest of the major social-networking sites, followed by MySpace, Twitter, and finally LinkedIn.
The Sophos report (PDF) said that more than 50% of the companies surveyed were spammed through a social-networking site last year and that 36% were hit by malware from such a site. …more…
Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82% Year over Year
According to The Nielsen Company, global consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites.
Globally, social networks and blogs are the most popular online category when ranked by average time spent in December, followed by online games and instant messaging. With 206.9 million unique visitors, Facebook was the No. 1 global social networking destination in December 2009. …more…
53% of Employers use Social Networking Sites to Screen Candidates
More than half (53%) of employers reported in a recent CareerBuilder UK survey that they use social networking sites to research job candidates. Another 12% plan to start using social networking sites for screening. More than 450 employers participated in the survey, which was completed in December 2009.
Of those who conduct online searches/background checks of job candidates, 43% use search engines, 12% use Facebook, 12% use LinkedIn, and 4% follow candidates on Twitter. …more…
The Average Facebook User Views 662 Facebook Pages Per Month
Silicon Alley Insider’s Chart of the Week, created by pingdom.com and based on data from Google Ad Planner, shows that the average Facebook user views 662 pages a month. Next-most-sticky is Hi5, with an average of 351 pages a month, followed by MySpace, at 261 views per visitor per month. …more…
CMOs will invest more and expect more from social media in 2010
Social commerce company Bazaarvoice and the CMO Club surveyed 133 CMOs and found that two-thirds of chief marketing officers plan to increase social media budgets in the next year, and nearly …more…
Women dominate the more social social networks
Research by Royal Pingdom confirms the trend. It shows that most of the networks that could be considered to be ’social’ in the real sense of the word – Facebook, …more…
Pew Study: U.S. use of social media continues to grow
According to Pew Internet Project’s September 2009 survey data, 19% of Americans tweet or use social networks to gain updates or inform others about what they are doing, up from 11% in 2008. 37% of …more…
LinkedIn reaches 50 million users
LinkedIn has announced that it has reached 50 million users. Highlighting its continuing growth, the company noted that it took almost a year and four months to notch its first million …more…
Small business report low use of social media
Citibank Small Business conducted a phone poll in August 20-27 across a sample of 500 small business executives across the United States and found that most small business executives have not …more…
