social media revolution

noun

The broad transformation of communication, politics, commerce, culture, or social organization associated with the rise and widespread adoption of social media.

“Many newspapers struggled to adapt to the social media revolution.”

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Meanings

nounsocial media revolution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe broad transformation of communication, politics, commerce, culture, or social organization associated with the rise and widespread adoption of social media.

    Many newspapers struggled to adapt to the social media revolution.

    2 more examples

    The celebration of the social media revolution also reached the higher echelons of politics.

    2012, Paolo Gerbaudo, Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism, Pluto Press, →ISBN

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