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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
And interestingly enough it does seem indeed that most Americans DO know what Twitter is:
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In fairness on that point though, how many of them
think they have some vague idea what it is versus how many of them actually
know what it is? Or ever see anything from it?
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So when the news quotes Twitter, and especially in the 2016 race, where Donald Trump's Twitter feed has become almost nightly news
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re: "nightly news" -- did you know that only 4.5% of adults 25-49 watched an evening network news show last week? And if you add the entirety of cable news networks prime time, the number is still in single digits?
And even in markets with fantastic high-performing local evening news programs, the percentage never really gets over 25%?
As of Sept 2014, Pew Research found the following
usage stats for social media
As of September 2014:
71% of online adults use Facebook
23% of online adults use Twitter