Depois do artigo da Época falando sobre do Twitter, parece que algumas partes do governo brasileiro passaram a prestar mais atenção para esta nova – não tão nova – forma de comunicação. O governo de São Paulo esta à algumas semanas postando sobre seus projetos e novidades na sua nova conta no Twitter: @governosp Contudo… [...]

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As Twitter goes increasingly mainstream in the UK, as witnessed in its increasing use in radio phone-ins on the BBC it looks like its about to do the same here in Brazil. Or is it? This weeks Epoca magazine devoted it’s cover to the rise of the phenomenon here in Brazil. However, we’re asking a [...]

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A new study released by Nielsen reports the shift in the online social behavior. Nielsen’s study results presented here followed the online activity in the USA, Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Australia. Note that the ‘Member Community’ category includes both social networking and blogging websites. 1. Social network and blogging sites [...]

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Cellular owners in Brazil pay more for the use of their mobile telephone than any other country in the world. The data comes from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). According to the criterion of Purchasing Power Parity (PCC), which has reference to the price of a basic package offered by the operators – which includes [...]

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This weeks Veja magazine has devoted a large segment to a report on today’s Brazilian youth. Whilst the report contains some interesting background and insight on young people – much of which relates to trends observable in young middle class people (not just limited to teenagers) across the globe the general tone of the piece [...]

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as promised…some thoughts and clips from Lima to come over the next few days. Here is a starter from the interviews with teenagers in Lima. We asked if the internet influenced their consumer behaviour and they discussed how their online and offline purchasing of books (offline) was particularly influenced by their online behaviour – in [...]

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TWRAmericas have recently completed a major study of Trends among young consumers (ages 15-19) in Brasil across various cities and with youth of a variety of ages. The study looked at a range of issues inclusing young peoples values and influences, the role that media and new technologies play in their lives, as well as [...]

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The crossword puzzle, one of the most popular games, recently completed its 95th year and we’re overwhelmed to discover that Brazil is the fourth largest consumer market in the world, losing only to the United States, France and Italy. Created in 1913 by American journalist Arthur Wynne, of The New York Word, the crossword was [...]

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Brazilians seem to love questionnaires quant studies with football fans almost as much as the game itself. Recently the members of the Club of 13 (major teams) had access to the first survey conducted among viewers of pay-per-view of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The figures, presented by Globosat will be used as a reference for the [...]

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