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What Will 2019 Look Like on Social Media?
Which stories, trends, and conversations are likely to shape the world of social media over the year ahead?
Russian pensions, football in Africa, jihadi propaganda – these are among the stories, trends, and conversations that are to shape social media in 2019.
To find out more, Marco Silva talks to BBC colleagues who watch social media around the world. What stories and conversations will they be following online in the year ahead?
Presenter: Marco Silva
Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar
Photo caption: a man holds a smartphone with the icons for various social networking apps seen on the screen.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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