Some General Comments On Social Media

- On Facebook it is best to be positive

- Twitter is an early warning system/leading indicator/real time engagement

- YouTube is like having own cable channel

- Data on the network is doubling every year

- Use of media sectors by frequency (% who use several times per day), ie Facebook (53%), TV (44%), Radio (32%), Online news (24%) & Newspaper (5%)

- Social media is a great media for storytelling

(sources: James Hutchinson et al, 2014; Michael Rosenberg, 2014; Michael Harris, 2014)