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For generations together India as a nation has been very high on communication and networking. The culture as is has been directed towards connecting people. Since the advent of technology, India has adapted and continues to adapt to the changing needs and options in technology. India has gone all the way from using pigeons, to using telephones, to television, to now computers and social networking.
The evolution of media in India can be summarized to be as follows:
• Pigeons: In the olden days Indians used pigeons were used to communicate with each other. Pigeons were used in Orissa, as a medium for communication, as recently as March 2002.
• Post office: Hand-written letters (now known as snail mail) was sent using post offices as a next step towards effective communication. This option was introduced first and adopted in India in the year 1764. India has 1,55,333 post offices spread across the entire country.
• Newspapers: The first edi tion of the news paper called Bengal Gazette was published in 1780. In 2007, research indicated that India's newspaper industry was the second largest forum for communication with over 99 million copies printed and subscribed for every day.
• Telecom: The telecom industry first made an entry into India in the year 1882. The industry had seen its share of growth between the years 1997 and 2007; from 14.8 million subscribers to 269 million subscribers. The biggest jump yet being to 723 million subscribers in 2010.
• Radio: Launched in 1927 in Bombay, radio's influence on Indians went from 14 million in 1970 to 65 million in 2010. In 2010, the number of listeners grew to a whooping 140 million listeners. There are over 231 radio stations in India; it has become an interactive medium that provides freebies, hold competition, gives traffic concession updates and much more.
• Television: India first got access to television in the 1960s. India is the 4th bi ggest TV broadcasting nation. It provides its users entertainment and news; additionally, and is surely a household commodity for over 130 million families with over 95 million TVs with cable networks.
• Computer: Priced at Rs. 2 lakhs, computers were first provided to the India market in 1955. In 2009, India has over 81 million internet users. Needless to say that with that kind of number, over 7% of the country's population.
So, what's the next big thing in communication? Well, experts and enthusiasts will tell you that it is 'social media'. Social media has seamlessly integrated itself into the Indian market. Research revealed that there were around 33 million users in July 2010. This means that 84% of the internet population is on some form of social network or the other, making it the 7th largest market in the world.
Some of the statistics and facts on the social media include:
• Social media is integrated to the TV watcher by helping him/her comment and read comments on shows of their choice.
• Face book in 2001 had 1 million users; from there, it has grown to over 17 million users in 2010.
• In 2008, the Indian Twitter market was not a major player in social media of the world. In 2010 India became the 6th largest Twitter using country.
• In July 2010 Indian user's presence on YouTube was about 15.5 million users and Flicker had about 1.91 million users.
• Social media has become an important aspect of promotions for brands, movies, TV shows
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