The Best of Trending 2018
BBC Trending’s highlights from the past year of covering social media
A look at BBC Trending’s highlights from the past year of covering social media. From America’s student anti-gun movement to the continuing noise made by #MeToo activists, social media played a huge role in some of the biggest political movements of the year. And of course the World Cup was drenched in tweets and hashtags - plus, we visit the gaming team with an average age of 67. All that and more, in our roundup of the year on social media as seen by BBC Trending.
Presenter: Mike Wendling
Producer: Reha Kansara
Sound Engineers: Rod Farquar and Graham Puddifoot
Photo Caption: A hashtag in a speech bubble
Photo Credit: Getty Images
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- Fri 21 Dec 201821:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
- Fri 21 Dec 201823:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sat 22 Dec 201805:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & South Asia
- Sat 22 Dec 201811:32GMTBBC World Service
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