Social Media in the Middle East: The Continued Rise of Messaging Apps
This is the first in a series of ten short extracts from my sixth annual round-up of social media trends from the Middle East and North Africa (written with University […]
This is the first in a series of ten short extracts from my sixth annual round-up of social media trends from the Middle East and North Africa (written with University […]
The continued rise of visually orientated social networks, the dominance of Middle East social media by Facebook and the wider Facebook family, and continued tensions between telecoms providers and services […]
First published on 8th June 2016 on TheMediaBriefing. Last week saw the publication of Mary Meeker’s annual internet trends report. As always, the mammoth slidedeck — this year clocking in at 213 pages — attracted […]
First published on TheMediaBriefing last month. Snapchat has had a monumental year. As the FT reported over the weekend, the popular messaging app now enjoys 6 billion video views a […]
As newsrooms get to grips with finding and verifying stories shared publicly on social networks, a new set of challenges are beginning to emerge as users prioritise privacy and simplicity. […]