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News Through Social Media – Blog Post #2
The share of Americans who use Twitter & Facebook as a source of news is continuing to rise. http://t.co/ZBNDG8eSXi pic.twitter.com/4vUTn5l94j
— PewResearch Internet (@pewinternet) September 10, 2015
- I chose this post particularly because I think it is amazing how people have turned away from traditional forms of media for their news. Instead of TV or newspaper to get their daily news, they turn to Twitter or Facebook instead.
- The research was done by PewResearch using surveys of 2035 adults, and they also used data from other research where it was relevent.
- A question I have regarding the article might be, why do you think Americans are turning to social media instead of traditional forms of media for their news outlets? What age group is using social media for their news the most?
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Blog 2: A Shift in Poverty
How the geography of U.S. poverty has shifted since 1960 http://t.co/UJW9cj2dj0 pic.twitter.com/jbhpwYxEBl
— Jens Manuel Krogstad (@jensmanuel) September 10, 2015
1. This post shows the shift in poverty in the U.S. in the past 55 years. The study found that poverty has shifted from the South to the more urban areas such as Chicago or Los Angeles. I chose this post because the way that they used the color coded map to show the change in poverty caught my eye. I thought it was interesting that there has been such a drastic shift in poverty in the past 55 years.
2. The data in this tweet came from two sources. The first was the Pew Research Center’s analysis on the 2012 American Community Survey, which used 5 year estimates. The second was the 1960 decennial census. They compared the income and the geographical locations on both of them.
3. Could there be a degree of inaccuracy due to the fact that these census’ are quantitative rather than qualitative? There could be sources of income in these urban areas that might not be recorded or that might be easier to explain with a qualitative survey.
Blog #2: Why Trump is a contender
1. This article is an analysis of current public ratings of the republican and democrat candidates for the upcoming presidential election. I chose it because I want to know how many people are really considering Trump as a viable candidate and what type of people they are, which the article answered for me.
2. The articles states the research came from a “Post-ABC News poll” taken on Sept 7-10 “among a random national sample of 1,003 adults, including landline and cellphone respondents. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points”
3. How did they determine what was a random sampling of the population? Would people who answer phone calls and take surveys have different political viewpoints than those who don’t?
Blog 2: Syrian War
Imagine war uprooting everyone in 29 U.S. states, half the population. It’s happened in Syria. http://t.co/Eq3SZdjpzZ pic.twitter.com/TVpBNJ6yxm
— CNN (@CNN) September 12, 2015
1. This article is about the Syrian war and how it is affecting the population of Syria. I chose this because it gave a good comparison to the U.S. to show how many people are being devastated by this war and put it into perspective for the U.S. population.
2. The research was done by CNN and looks to be done from 2011 to the present day, as the war started approximately around 2011.
3. In the article they have data on Syrians leaving to go to Europe but I do not know exactly how they are getting these numbers. Do they take a census over in Europe to find this out, or is it just an estimation based on the decreasing population in Syria?
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(Blog 2) SnapChat Marketing Statistics
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Snapchat usage statistics and revenue – Business of Apps – http://t.co/XSradni9N1 via @Shareaholic
— Andrea Drake (@dredrake227) September 14, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js1. I chose this particular article because it shows the impact that snapchat is having on the marketing world and how popular the app is becoming to different age groups. This article also compares snapchat to other social media cites and how snapchat is becoming more and more relevant to not just personal use, but professional marketing use.
2. The data in the article is from May of 2015, proving these are recent collections of data. This information was collected by business of apps, and were taken from a variety of sources such as snapchat.com, statista.com, BI Intelligence, maskable, Business Insider, and others, these sources all collect reliable information and some take the information, such as app downloads, or active users and turn it into usable data.
3. When looking at this article, I still wonder how some businesses go about obtaining the space to market on snapchat? Does snapchat only allow marketing to companies that market to younger audiences? As snapchat increases in popularity, will an older audience begin to use it, and their marketing platform change?
Blog 2: 11 Digital Marketing Statistics From This Week
11 interesting digital marketing stats from this week. http://t.co/kJ4CtJm2wV via @Econsultancy http://t.co/wz1Ybq04Pm #marketing #stats
— Raymark (@RaymarkRetail) September 14, 2015
- This tweet links to a blog that describes different interesting marketing statistics that were calculated in the last week. The statistics vary in ages and revolve around media and cellphone usage. I chose this article because I find how people consumers use digital devices fascinating. We grew up in a generation where we’ve had to go to a store to buy a product and now, with just a few clicks you can purchase something on your mobile device because websites have created their website to be mobile friendly. An interesting statistic in particular was that over twice as many people ages 18-24 have much higher expectations from retailer performance as compared to two years ago. Over 2000, people were surveyed by Red Dot Research, which is an accredited PR and marketing firm in the UK.
- I find many of the statistics to be interesting and with each statistic, a graph or image that explains the statistic in more detail comes with it. I’m not sure how accurate these graphs are, because some of them don’t have a company name on them, or link to a website so I could look up more information about its accuracy. Some do however, have a company name, and how many people were surveyed. One graph being from the Adobe Quarterly, which would seem trustworthy on the surface because it is from a very well known company. It seems as though the people who were surveyed live in the United Kingdom.
- I’m curious to see how the statistics would cross over in to America. I wonder if there would be any major differences in the statistics or if many of them would be roughly the same.
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Blog 2: New Industry Opportunities for Liberal Arts Majors
A new LinkedIn study shows that liberal arts majors are finding jobs at tech companies: http://t.co/dJ7Ab2Jruj pic.twitter.com/zagjxOS3Mn
— Forbes Tech News (@ForbesTech) August 31, 2015
1. The article explains a growing trend in liberal arts majors taking jobs in technology-based industries and correlating their job acceptance with schooling and expertise in different science fields. I chose this article because it is applicable to me and possibly my future career.
2. The information is found in a Forbes cover story. A LinkedIn data scientist matched current jobs and degrees through member profiles to explain the growing trend of tech companies hiring liberal arts majors.
3. Of the three pools studied, what schools were specifically accounted for in the article? What tech companies were more inclined to hire as many liberal art majors as tech grads?
BLOG 2: Class of 2025 Could be the Biggest and Most Diverse Ever
- This article is about how the class of 2025 is expected to be the largest and most diverse freshman college class ever because of growing numbers of individuals attending college and growing diversity rates. I chose this article because it interested me. People always used to say that my class was the largest and most diverse, but I have since heard people say the same thing about every consecutive class that has come after mine. I was curious to see how those rising rates would affect classes many years from now.
- This Research was conducted by the Pew Research Center. Also, the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education predicts that the high school class of 2025 will the be the largest and most diverse. The research from this project was gathered by looking at and noting the demographics of all those who graduated from high school and then applied and were enrolled into a 2 or 4 year college.
- Did this research take into account those who were originally enrolled into college, but did not graduate, or was all of this research based on graduates?
Blog 2: Racial Gap in Kidney Transplants
A racial gap in kidney transplants closes, research shows, but blacks still face disparities: http://t.co/pBo0UN41rE @LindseyTanner
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 31, 2015
1. The article I chose primarily reflects on the racial gap in kidney transplants after a 13-year study. While the increase in statistical data shows that African Americans are coming close in numbers to Caucasians, they still represent one-third of patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.
2. The study was conducted Dr. Jesse Sammon, the senior author and a urologist-researcher at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, with an article written by Lindsey Tanner. Sammon also produced her work on JAMA International Medicine.
3. The article states that, “Perfect matches are most likely when donors and recipients are the same race, but transplants involving partial matches also can work.” Which percentage of applicants are generally perfect matches v. those who are only partial?
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Blog 2: Cost of iPhones
Apple will pay about $234 for the parts in each iPhone 6S http://t.co/DgLG0RZiNZ pic.twitter.com/yRjTKOypzG
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) September 11, 2015
- I decided to share this tweet because the difference in the amount of money spent by Apple to create the iPhone compared to the price was surprising. When looking at the value of the phones int he apple store this reflects a a huge difference that means they must be making a significant profit. I was interest int he 5s because own one. The statistics show that it cost apple about 181, and i ended up paying about $650 about 2 years ago.
- This data in this was received from Bank of America Merrill Lynch recorded from 2013- 2015.
- 1 question I have about this data is the amount of money the cellphone carriers pay per phone. I think that would be interesting to know to see all the transactions that lead to profit for apple and the cellphone providers as a result of the huge consumer market.
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