How is Social Media Used in Sports

Social Media in SportsBy: Alicia Kontowski

To find out quick information that hasn’t even hit the news yet Twitter is one of the top social media sites to find out top news

Twitter is used for live feeds through out a sporting event updates with you with play by plays.

What’s a #hashtag? A hashtag is any word or phrase with the # symbol immediately

Being able to keep social media to 140 characters

TWITTER

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=gVklEkds3wI9JM&tbnid=oWETrefvDo5arM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aedweb.org%2Fweb%2Findex.php%2Feducation%2Feducation-chats&ei=WgqOU-zAJoqYyAT-u4CwCA&bvm=bv.68191837,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNEQt0NKtzakxOC5v2vXcB82raOSTg&ust=1401904083612828

A place where TRASH TALK begins with friends who love to share there opinions!

FACEBOOK

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=0ZCmk8phg1s_OM&tbnid=VF1ND5rVNg20iM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ffacebook&ei=QAqOU6HoHMGmyASX7YGQDA&bvm=bv.68191837,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNG4GmI0tqUq-8BPiJNyvODMGEDn_A&ust=1401904038088411

Rapidly growing photo and video sharing platform with more than 150 million users and 16 billion photos shared. Over 55 million photos are shared on Instagram to a very engaged community every single day.

Photos Special hashtags (#tbt, #flashbackfriday, and

other custom hashtags) Quick video interviews Fan engagement

INSTRAGRAM

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=77krb1JdCBOfmM&tbnid=yG26_HRALbsqaM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.searchdiscovery.com%2Fblog%2Finstagram-contest%2F&ei=AwqOU7LUKcONyATguYDYCQ&bvm=bv.68191837,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH-0Y1qZdhhrUWzEqT5qAiKwNTckQ&ust=1401904000961855

Marketing (quick messages through video) Fan engagement Behind-the-scenes video 6 seconds to get the point across

VINE

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=eRXL09ZKGYd8CM&tbnid=jmwvM9dcva7KrM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fone37.net%2Fblog%2F25%2F1%2F2013%2Fvine-and-corporate-twitter&ei=7wmOU9X7MI-wyAT_t4DQCQ&bvm=bv.68191837,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNFrgHtKV5V2k49gGgheT5XnqqbjWQ&ust=1401903975113553

Google+ makes connecting on the web more like connecting in the real world, allowing leagues, teams and athletes to offer a fan experience unlike ever before, while still maintaining control over the content.

The purpose of YouTube is to share videos with the world. Could be TV shows, movies, home films, sporting events, whatever. Most of it is stuff people do at home, whether video blogs or home movies. It's just a medium to post video clips.

GOOGLE+ & YouTube

Nearly twice as many respondents use Facebook compared to Twitter, at 73% to 37%. But on game day, they check Twitter about 1.5 times as often as they do Facebook.

Google+ and YouTube are on the rise among fans. When fans responded to a question about which platforms they use to "disseminate and acquire sports information," those two platforms showed the most year-over-year growth, at 94% and 35%, respectively.

STATISCS WITHIN DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

http://mashable.com/category/google-plus/