Facebook and Football
Timothy Egan, NYT
FEB. 6, 2014
The digital clench has never been stronger. This week, 10 years since the founding of Facebook, some new numbers showed just how much the social network produced in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm has changed us all. Can I share?
It’s astounding enough that one in six people on the planet use Facebook, posting six billion likes a day, sharing 400 billion photos, sending 7.8 trillion messages. But in the United States, 57 percent of all adults, and 73 percent of those ages 12 to 17, are users, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Most of those people visit Facebook daily.
What a cozy world. Sure, Facebook foments a lot of FOMA (fear of missing out), but it’s brought us all closer, yes? Pew reports that among adult Facebook users, the average number of friends is 338. I’m sure they’re all tight.
But before everyone bows to Facebook über alles, let’s give a nod to a bigger, better social network: sports. Sunday’s Super Bowl was the most watched television event in United States history, with 111.5 million viewers. Nine of the 10 most viewed programs last year were professional football games.
(More here.)
FEB. 6, 2014
The digital clench has never been stronger. This week, 10 years since the founding of Facebook, some new numbers showed just how much the social network produced in Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm has changed us all. Can I share?
It’s astounding enough that one in six people on the planet use Facebook, posting six billion likes a day, sharing 400 billion photos, sending 7.8 trillion messages. But in the United States, 57 percent of all adults, and 73 percent of those ages 12 to 17, are users, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Most of those people visit Facebook daily.
What a cozy world. Sure, Facebook foments a lot of FOMA (fear of missing out), but it’s brought us all closer, yes? Pew reports that among adult Facebook users, the average number of friends is 338. I’m sure they’re all tight.
But before everyone bows to Facebook über alles, let’s give a nod to a bigger, better social network: sports. Sunday’s Super Bowl was the most watched television event in United States history, with 111.5 million viewers. Nine of the 10 most viewed programs last year were professional football games.
(More here.)
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