Most companies today have a website, a Twitter account, Instagram, Facebook, or a mixture of different types of social media.
The purpose for establishing an online presenceis to:
inform clients of issues/events/products related to your company
sell merchandise
establish your company's belief systems
keep a tech savvy presence for your clientele.
Whatever the company's goal, most have some type of social media platform that they use to communicate.
Take a moment to look at the image on the right about Social Media in Canada and consider the following questions:
What was most surprising about the information in the Infographic?
In your experience with businesses, do they use the most popular forms of social media listed here to promote their company or sell their products?
What social media are not included on this list that you thought were used more?
What age bracket do you estimate most users of each type of social media are in? Why?
Social Media in Canada 2017
Gruzd, Jacobson, Mai, & Dubois. (2018). The State of Social Media in Canada 2017. Version: 1.0. Ryerson University Social Media Lab. DOI:10.5683/SP/AL8Z6R
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