Unit 1: Social Networks (1ère G_Gr2)

 Social Networking Times

The document under study are two graphs and one timeline about social media published in 2019 on “Our World in Data Website” and in “Social Media Tulsa”, in 2023. We have learned about the evolution of the most famous/popular social media platforms: Facebook is the most popular one, which was created in 2004, it reached a peek in 2008 and gained 2 billion users in 2018. YouTube was created in 2005 and became popular in 2006. It reached 1.9 billion users in 2018. WhatsApp was created in 2005 and became popular in 2012. It reached 1.5 billion users in 2018. We have noticed that the global trend is that, more and more people all around the world use overall social media platforms. In fact, it has become a real market, which has an impact on the economic level. Besides, these platforms have consequences on our daily lives as some of them are created to be used everyday in our interactions with others.

In addition, regarding the age groups of users, there are usually younger users for the most popular platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok… Nevertheless, statistically speaking some social networking sites also attract seniors: 46% of them use Facebook on a daily basis.

Additionally, there are some inequalities between the different platforms whether you are on Instagram or on YouTube you are not interacting systematically with the same community. Indeed, some social media platforms attract more seniors than others and vice versa.

Homework: Learn the lesson.