Social media hits and misses in 2012
With the country's three biggest social media tools firmly established, 2012 was all about finding new, unique ways to use them. From YouTube introducing millions to Joseph Kony and child soldiers to Olympians realizing that yes, you can be accountable for tweeting before you think, this year saw social media users herd around causes both noble and misplaced, utilize blogs to make quick mockery of politicians' miscues and take to their statuses and friends lists to rally supporters when companies sought to exploit their membership.
Following is a list of some of the biggest trends and changes in social media in 2012, sans Gangnam Style, which doesn't qualify because it's just a video of an international pop star pretending to gallop on a horse behind a catchy beat. -- Joseph Serna
Following is a list of some of the biggest trends and changes in social media in 2012, sans Gangnam Style, which doesn't qualify because it's just a video of an international pop star pretending to gallop on a horse behind a catchy beat. -- Joseph Serna
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'Kony 2012'
How do you get the public to notice atrocities in Africa when the media are focused on election-year politics? You cleverly give your issue a campaign-style title like "Kony 2012." Invisible Children supporters cleverly linked to the "Kony 2012" YouTube video every chance they got during unrelated political discussions on social media, getting more than 94 million people to tune in and pay attention.
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