HOW SOCIAL MEDIA HAS PROGRESSED IN RECENT TIMES

摘要

Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) characterised social media as user spawned content, which is like amalgamation of technology and societal interface with diverse users. Social media brands like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln, Photo Bucket and score of other sites help numerous users with methods of lending and sharing information across nations. As of now, it is predicted that Facebook is having 173 million US users and 835.5 million worldwide, while there are 140 million dynamic Twitter users over 500 total users across the world. It is also projected that 90 per cent of internet users also use Facebook for ease of accessibility. People from all over the world upload upto 50 million content pages on Facebook every day. Nearly 40 per cent of the internet users also have access to internet from their smart phones that helps people to get 24/7 access to information.