5. Number of Internet users worldwide: 1,463,632,361 18,000,000 bloggers 83% have watched a video clip 73% of users have read a blog 57% have joined a social network 55% have uploaded photos 45% have started their own blog 39% have subscribed to an RSS feed. Source: http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf
6. Social media is a conversation between people from all across the world. In order to have a conversation, you need to speak, but you need to listen, too. If an application has any or all of the components on the right, it can be defined as ‘Social Media’.