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Royal Wedding and Social Media

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LCI Le 12-14 : Le mariage royal sur les réseaux sociaux [29 avril 2011] Statistiques du Mariage Royal dans les réseaux sociaux [infographie] | web social. The Royal Wedding – A Digital Marriage for our Convenience? By far the biggest event of the year and possibly of the decade, the Royal wedding has received immeasurable attention globally with a vast array of media coverage. Perhaps this is unsurprising considering it concerns the future King of England.

But significantly, it is also the first Royal wedding to be fully digital and interactive - across the internet and through social networks, digital PR teams and journalists have barely been able to keep up. This has massively broadened opportunities for people to experience it, in just the way they want to. Like no other Royal event in history, the tone was set when William and Kate’s wedding was announced via the Clarence House official Twitter feed, even before the news was uploaded to the Royal website. The whole process has subsequently been highly technical as the Royal household has embraced social media with information and details posted on their various social networks. Connect: Authored by: Keredy Stott See complete profile. Le mariage royal de la télévision et de Twitter. Crédit: REUTERS/Olivia Harris MISE A JOUR: Oui, le mariage royal a battu tous les records de commentaires sur les réseaux sociaux.

Le pic a été atteint, en ce vendredi 29 avril 2011, avec 15.000 tweets par minute dotés du hashtag #royalwedding dans le monde, selon ABC News (13.000 tweets par minute selon USA Today). En France, le visionnage de l’union princière sur les télévisions de l’Hexagone a généré plus de 13.000 tweets francophones lors de cette journée spéciale, concluent le cabinet Novédia et le site DevantLaTele.com. Le mariage du Prince William et de Kate Middleton est-il le plus gros événement «live» que le Web connaisse?

C’est ce que parie Rory Cellan-Jones, de la BBC, sur son blog. Ce mariage «pourrait surpasser l’impact de l’investiture de Barack Obama» sur Internet, prévient-il. Outre Google, les réseaux sociaux s’attendent à un volume extraordinaire de commentaires postés en temps réel, en ce vendredi 29 avril, jour de l’union princière. Crédit: Greenlight Alice Antheaume. Is Social Media Ready for The Royal Wedding? On June 25th, 2009, the Internet “almost broke,” one journalist famously commented to Bloomberg following the death of pop music icon Michael Jackson. From social media platforms to major online entertainment sites, the digital world was rocked to its core by what many consider to be the biggest entertainment story of the modern mobile era.

That could all change in the coming hours, as the world braces for the royal wedding, an event that may be viewed by as many as two billion people worldwide. As a result, countless people – from media professionals to ordinary online media junkies – are wondering if social networking sites and the mobile web in general are up for the monumental challenges associated with so many spectators turning to their mobile devices and computers to behold the royal ceremony.

For authorities in the UK, however, the prospect of social media sites crashing isn’t a concern. In fact, it would actually be a good thing. Effectiveness of Social Media: Royal Wedding vs. Bin Laden [INFOGRAPHIC] | Logo Talks. HOW TO: Follow the Royal Wedding Online. If you haven't heard, the UK's Prince William and Catherine (better known as Kate) Middleton are getting married at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday, April 29. (We assume you have.) It will be easy enough to follow along on TV with nearly every major news network running of hours of coverage ahead of the wedding which takes place at 10 a.m. BST (9 a.m. GMT, 2 a.m. PT, 5 a.m. ET). Live Video Livestream : AP Live , CBS News , ET TheInsider.com and the UK Press Association are all hosting live coverage and commentary on Livestream beginning at 5 a.m. YouTube : Beginning at 5 a.m.

BBC : The BBC is hosting its own livestream from 5:30 a.m. ABC News : ABC News will be streaming live coverage on ABCNews.com , Facebook , Hulu and on the ABC News app for iPad [iTunes link]. Fox News : Fox News will be streaming the wedding on foxnews.com , and on its apps for iOS [iTunes link] and Android. ITN : UK broadcaster ITN will be streaming the event live on Facebook from 4 a.m. Photos Get Involved. The Royal Wedding in social media / we are social. A Royal Wedding in the age of social media. The Social Media Buzz Behind the Royal Wedding [INFOGRAPHIC] With hours to go until the Royal Wedding, online buzz surrounding the big event has surpassed the chatter that surrounded the Egypt uprising and the Japan earthquake.

New stats gathered and analyzed by Webtrends reveal that the world simply can't stop talking about the Royal Wedding (not that you needed us to tell you). According to the web analytics company, people have sent 911,000 tweets in the last 30 days, or just a little more than 30,000 tweets per day, which accounts for 71% of the buzz Webtrends tracked.

For comparison, there were approximately 217,000 Facebook status updates and 145,000 blog posts about William and Kate's big day. And while you may think most of the social buzz surrounding the royal nuptials is coming from the UK, think again. Webtrends says that a whopping 65% of tweets, blog posts and Facebook updates are coming from the U.S., while 20% are coming from the UK. Canada is in third place with a mere 2.6% of social media buzz. 6dSFk.png (PNG Image, 624x450 pixels) Mariage princier: "On a vendu tous les sacs à vomi Will & Kate" Mariage royal : pas de "tweets" durant la cérémonie. Royal Wedding-Themed Ads From the U.K. [Slideshow] | Global News.