This talk was given on 17 March 2010, at SMU as part of Dr. Michael Netzley's class: DIGITAL MEDIA ACROSS ASIA: THE PAN-ASIAN CHALLENGE

1. By : Robin Low observations: SOCIAL MEDIA in Asia

3. Facebook usage statistics by country - Dec 31st 2009 34.10% 80.70% 3,066,180 Sweden 20 99.30% 367.50% 3,975,640 Malaysia 19 38.40% 164.20% 4,952,340 Venezuela 18 66.80% 403.80% 5,397,480 India 17 701% 4763% 5,490,300 Taiwan 16 84.90% 361.90% 5,799,520 Germany 15 20.20% 39.90% 5,808,020 Chile 14 78.50% 351.50% 6,505,040 Mexico 13 25.80% 99.40% 7,243,520 Colombia 12 50.60% 227.50% 7,387,120 Argentina 11 25.70% 75.80% 7,611,920 Australia 10 33.40% 196.70% 7,701,200 Spain 9 208.40% 2046.80% 8,387,560 Philippines 8 30% 137.60% 13,272,760 Italy 7 19% 31% 14,228,460 Canada 6 32.60% 117% 14,290,700 France 5 126% 1536.70% 14,681,580 Indonesia 4 36.80% 113.60% 16,943,780 Turkey 3 20.90% 51.50% 22,625,300 UK 2 46.00% 140.80% 101,303,240 USA 1 6 month growth % 12 month growth % Number of Facebook users Country Rank

4. 1 in 4 Facebook Users Come From Asia or the Middle East

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6. internet users

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16. Twitter: dmediaacademy Blog: http:// digitalmediaacademy.blogspot.com / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/digitalmediaacademy Social Media is growing in Asia, DON’T get left behind