2. statistics 1 in 6 Russians goes online daily 40% internet penetrationnationwide Most involvedsocial networkers in the world, with a national average of 6.6 hours a month spent on SNS 18-24 year olds are by far the most active group of internet users, comprising 62%of Russia’s total online population. Source: www.BCG.com, cyber.law.harvard.edu
3. Same design and premise as Facebook Founded September 2006 At 135 million users, is the largest social networking site in Russia Despite Facebook’s social networking monopoly across most of the world, only about 5 million Russians are active account holders 3rdmost visited RuNet website 35thmost visited site globally with 45 million registered accounts and 10 million daily visitors, Russia’s 2ndmost frequented social networking site Reunion network for classmates, old friends 5thmost visited RuNet website
4. blogging Most frequent online activity for 14-17year olds Over 5 million blogs registered on RuNet Youtubemost frequently linked Public Affairs blogs most popular by far—covering issues of news, politics, opposition, activism, and community organizations
5. At short of 700,00 users, twitter is one of Russia’s least frequented social media sites However, membership is growing at exponential rates similar to that of Facebook Currently most frequented by politicians, journalists, organizations, and businesses Recently, both President Medvedev and the Kremlin created Twitters in English (as well as Russian), potentially signaling a new interest in gaining approval through social media within the government
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7. significance: revolution instigator? Web users extremely polarized because of prices, access: 40% with regular internet usage …but 60% with relatively no interaction. Virtually the only media space free of sensors, regulations, rules 47% of Russians now trust the internet over any other source of media for accurate and timely information A Twitteruser reported the January 24 Moscow airport bombing 20 minutes before any other media outlet torrents.ru is the worlds most popular mediapiracysite preference for RuNetnetworking sites over .coms is representative of the extremely low levels of English proficiency within Russia.
8. This presentation, along with a complete list of linked sources can be found at: http://teachrussia.wikispaces.com
Editor's Notes
KEY:DOT = BlogSIZE = Prominence, based on # of LinksPOSITION/PROXIMITY = ‘Network Neighborhood,’ based on direct links with others in the map COLOR = Attentive Cluster, bloggers who cite similar resource
