Social Media Revolution Will Only Get Bigger ; ON ADVERTISING AND MARKETING

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FROM learning about the death of Osama Bin Laden to discussing royal bridesmaid Pippa Middleton's derriere, social media is revolutionising the way we share news, ideas and opinions.

At its peak, Twitter was carrying 5000 Tweets a second -- or around 300,000 a minute -- about Bin Laden's demise, while there were nearly 4000 a second about the royal wedding.

If even Clarence House can win plaudits for its communications strategy -- 72 million live streams on YouTube on the wedding day, nine million Facebook views, 140,000 followers on Twitter -- then we can be sure that social media has gone mainstream.

For teenagers, in particular, social media and mobile …