Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer: 

read this article - http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/the-history-of-social-networking/

Reflect on your reading. What did you already know before? What did you learn about social media and its history? What surprised you? What was your first experience with social media/Facebook?

Now, let's transition back to today - http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/

Reflect again on your reading. What did you think of these statistics? (Pew is the leading researcher in Internet trends, btw) What surprised you? What did you expect? What did you see that you didn't expect? Where do you fit with in the results?

Social media, because of its large adoption by the population is a marketing and business haven. Take a look at the video at the top of this link, and the inforgraphic at the bottom - https://www.marketingtechblog.com/social-media-demographic-infographic/

And, view and reflect on this infographic covering social media marketing - https://www.marketingtechblog.com/state-of-social-media-marketing/


And, finally a little perspective on how big Facebook is, both for a personal point of view and that of a business that is targetting customers - http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-many-users-each-facebook-app-has-2015-3?r=US&IR=T

Paper - Write a 1 page, single-spaced reflection paper answering the questions asked above, and covering any additional thoughts you have on the readings about social media and Facebook.