The ability to be publically private and privately public

The more educated you are the more likely you are to use twitter

How to reach a global audience

Three forms of Communication

In 2009 Twitter signed a deal with Google and Microsoft to include "tweets" in their search engine

Approach where social media is used for commercial gain

What social site wants to be the pulse of the planet

Social media played the biggest role in Obama's election campaign in 2008

The type of politics that is linked to the digital age and keeps political parties on their toes

In the UK this site produces more that 45 million status updates each day.

Zuckerberg's vision is that users will utilize social outlets to find a doctor, camera etc. rather than Google.

Dimension of new media that exceeds all limitations of traditional media.