http://disqus.com/by/ConEm/enMon, 04 Aug 2008 01:09:58 -0000http://www.inquisitr.com/2118/bubble-or-just-the-beginning-of-social-networking/#comment-1089554<p>During Mark Zuckerberg's F8 keynote he said that Canada had the highest Facebook penetration: 40%. There's another 4 million Canadion members of MySpace. Allowing for double counting, you have got to say that social networking is seriously mainstream in Canada. It suggests to me a relatively high level of social capital.</p><p>I'm relatively new to social media research, but intuitively I feel that long-standing cultural and social behaviour an important area of focus in comparing stats.</p><p>Australian figures indicate a similar level of penetration as in the USA (around 1/3). Growing fast too. Beyond that, I feel that more Australians are connecting with others though increased blog activity too. And then there is the potential in institutional mind-sets. No. 10 Dowling St is on Twitter.</p>ConEmMon, 04 Aug 2008 01:09:58 -0000