Smug shots and selfies: the rise of internet self-obsession
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/06/selfies-status-updates-digital-bragging-web
Summary of the story:
In this article,2013 is the year digital bragging took over the web.This is arguably the year in which internet self-obsession reached new heights. leading audience to wonder exactly where self-absorption has to go from here. While they.re contemplating that with horror, they thought they'd take a look at the smuggest four corners of the internet currently in existence. People gaining fame and popularity through instagram.
Key statistic or information:
- Instagram announce that it had surpassed 100m active users
- Announced that "selfie" was to be the official word of the year
- Launched in 2012
In my opinion, I think that instagram has become part of every teenagers life, they are able to show off their style 'swag' , spending money on this specific social network. Although I think that people take it too far, for example the kardashians profile is full of pictures of them in first class on planes and in expensive cars. To me its just so lame.
The Sun has digital subscribers and soccer, but the goal is hard to see
Summary of the story:
The Bun's eagerly awaited post-paywall numbers aren't quite as revelatory as Murdoch watchers were hoping. The debate about subscription paywalls around newspaper websites often seems quasi-religious. the Sun shines, because they're saying something rather than nothing. But keep scanning, narrow-eyed
Key statistic or information:
- 117,000 readers have, one way or another, bought the Sun+ digital package, 47% of them signed up on mobile, 30% of them in the precious 25-to-34 age range. So everyone – though talking long marches.
- at £2 a week, the Bun could be drawing in £12m to £13m extra revenue that wasn't there last "free" July
- Its super goals app cost more than £10m a year
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