Socialnomics and The Revolution of Social Media

Video Article Title: Social Media Revolution Socialnomics 2011
Posted by fastaccesswebsites- Erik Qualman
Uploaded on September 2, 2010
URL:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZyUaQvpdc&feature=related

Summary: I couldn’t pass up this video and not blog about it. “Is this the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?” The video is about how much the social media has progressed in the last year. It has several facts about various types of social networking and the amount of people utilizing it. Here are some of the facts. Social media has taken over porn as the number one activity on the web. Youtube is the second largest search engine. 80% of companies recruit people on social media. Wikipedia has over 15 million articles. Kindles outsold paper books on Christmas. This video is so astonishing; it really helps people realize how much we really rely on technology. The social media revolution is taking place right now, and the numbers from this video have more than likely increased by a vast amount already. This video truly shows how much people utilize internet and computers on a daily basis.

Response: It really amazes me how much social media has inclined just in the past year. Somehow this all happened unexpectedly, am I not right? The numbers have jumped up so high, so fast! Social media can definitely be a huge help to many aspects of our lives. It informs us about what is going on in the government, around the world, with our family and friends afar or even close to home. Being able to access information on several search engines is one of the most time conserving parts of technology today. People all around the world are basically taking various things and making them virtual; things such as books, newspapers, homework, magazines, letters, and any other form of information. Many people don’t realize how big of a role that social media plays and the outrageous amount that it is used day to day. Social media has grown so rapidly and is continuing to grow.