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The Olympics were FULL of social media interaction. I love this infographic with all kinds of stats. You may also be interested in seeing stats on the Olympics that were collected by Facebook.

futurejournalismproject:

Infographic: How is the Newspaper Industry Trying to Save Itself?

via GOOD & Column Five Media

sunfoundation:

The Iranian Internet Repression Expressed in Infographics

The series of infographics titled “The Iranian Internet” [this-is-maral.com] by master student Maral Pourkazemi combines an aesthetic sense of (greyscale) infographics with the serious topic of international politics.

This is fascinating

ilovecharts:

nobodiesbiz:

New York Times Poll

Your Reactions to Obama’s Same-Sex Marriage Stand

Data is so cool.

journo-geekery:

futuristgerd:

(via Facebook now ‘critical’ to online news traffic, says Pew study)

Details:

According to the study, Facebook alone drives up to 8 percent of traffic to some of the Internet’s top news sites. In turn, users are leaving these sites to go to Facebook, which the researchers say is an indication that the Facebook Share buttons provided on many news stories (like this one) are working.

While this may sound impressive, Facebook currently remains well behind the top three traffic drivers, which include Google, the Drudge Report and Yahoo. According to Pew, these “three sites ever account for more than 10 percent of the traffic to any one [major news website].”

Emphasis mine.  Those clicks to-from Facebook are tracked—why are social network referral stats only as solid as an “indication”?   Isn’t that skipping the (well-trod) question of whether there’s long-term value to such traffic?  I’m sure neither FB or news orgs wanting to share official statistics, especially with recent declines.  The growth of Facebook as a news referrer has a lot to do with the prominence of shared news in their frequently adjusted News Feed algorithm.  That—along with certain content themes like Entertainment news—drives the majority of the referral patterns I’ve seen over the past three years or more.  Facebook’s pace over other social sites is more a factor of its size and—until recently—its choice to strongly promote news in their Feed mix. 

Do those readers stick around?  Do the read more news once they arrive at a news site?  Anecdotally, the data I know is that they don’t.  A popular social network news story is either headline snacking or an isolated spike.

“Critical” is a very strong term for mere indicators—I’m reading through the full report today.  I’ll amend this if the headline, pulled quote and chart above (one of many) is backed up with a deeper investigation into social referral value to news orgs.

F-Yeah. I don’t think newsrooms could get away with this terminology. But Mashable has the numbers on the massive rise of the theme on Tumblr.

onaissues:

What is CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act? The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together an infographic that shows their concerns with how the bill works. 

See the bill and its amendments here. 

thenextweb:

Gulf News reports that a study from Gartner, analyzing last year’s mobile phone sales in the region, shows that Nokia made the most sales over any other smartphone manufacturer. (via Report: Nokia Leads Smartphone Sales in the Middle East)

Yup… it’s another infographic. This one has a bunch of fun statistics thanks to Bit Rebels. Check it out.

thenextweb:

(via Hootsuite: Top Trending Brands on Twitter [Infographic])