As the year draws to a close, online and social data analytics company Talkwalker has surveyed 50 social media experts and distilled what is thinks will be the key social media trends for next year.

Talkwalker and HubSpot gathered industry experts, PR professionals, social media gurus, and influencers, from the US, Europe, MEA, India, APAC, and the rest of the world to define the trends to make your marketing win in 2020.

The World Federation of Advertisers is standing alongside its member association and colleagues at the Association of New Zealand Advertisers, which has issued a call asking for members to think carefully about where they place advertising and challenging social media platform owners, in light of recent failures, to block dangerous and hateful content.

Analysis from Steve Ahern

Opinion from Steve Ahern

According to two people briefed on the meeting Mr Trump said: "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?"

Steve Ahern says better professional media is needed to combat fake news.

In a conference workshop titled Socialising Radio, international trainer Steve Ahern told Radio Asia delegates,“the 24 hour news cycle is now about 24 minutes… everything is faster and more social, we must adapt to the new environment.”

The half day workshop showed participants how they can leverage the strengths of radio, such as immediacy and intimacy, in the new media landscape.

“Changing audience consumption patterns are forcing broadcasters to evolve and become smaller, faster, cheaper and social,” said Ahern.