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Latinas and Social Media

By Natalie Boden, Lauren Gongora and Daniela Morgenstern of Boden PR

Welcome to our first thought piece produced by Pink Tank, innovative thinking for Latinas. These small studies will take an inside look into Latinas and how we are influenced, how we consume media and what moves us. First on our list was an in depth look into Latinas and Social Media.

For this study we chose to look at a wide variety of media entities and platforms that group Latinas – from celebrity pages to special causes – whether the conversations took place on a microsite, Facebook page or Twitter account. It was of great interest to find what we thought intuitively would be there among the leading Latina-focused platforms, but even more interesting what we found was not there. Read on.

Below is a summary of some of the conversations we identified, per entity/group, followed by a few key findings:

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Blogeando: Latinos Are Blogging, Are you Engaging Them?

By Kerri Allen, REVOLUCION
(as posted on cisionnavigator, 1/28/10)

Lean in close to your screen. I have something to tell you. Latinos use computers. It’s true. Know what else? There are more Latino bloggers than general market bloggers. I didn’t believe it either, but this week has seen a spate of industry reports saying exactly that and more.

Depending on the source, there is anywhere from 5.4 percent to 7.5 percent more Hispanic bloggers than whites in the U.S. The gap is due to the “liberating” effects of new technology, the skill set that online adroitness offers working-class Latinos and stay-at-home moms, and the longstanding cultural value on collectivism over individualism.

Not only are the numbers higher, but blogueros’ communities and commenters are more active and vocal than their general market counterparts. Latinos’ drive to blog is less about grandstanding and more about conversation. (Perez Hilton notwithstanding.)

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