News can travel fast through social media-so fast its almost mind blowing!  In just a few weeks YouTube videos like Rebecca Black's "Friday" can can get over a million hits.  Or Twitter accounts grow from 65,000 followers to over 200,000 like Brad Keselowski's did when he tweeted while waiting during a red flag at this years Daytona 500 race.  

Recently, I have seen posts on my Facebook account from my friends who commented that the new release of the movie "The Hunger Games" was "Oh. My. Word. I was BLOWN AWAY by The Hunger Games!! FANTASTIC MOVIE!!! Go see it, you will NOT regret it! :)"  or "Hunger Games = epic movie!". 

It seems my friends aren't the only ones that are using social media to advertise this new movie.  According to this news article from CBSNews (www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57403323-501465/the-hunger-games-marketing-team-turns-to-social-media/)
the marketing team for the movie have been actively promoting the new release on numerous Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and even a Tumbler site blog for weeks now.  It is not known exactly how social media has effected  ticket sales, but needless to say, this movie will potentially break box 0ffice records in the next few days.  I think I can accurately say that it is because of the use of social media that this film has gotten the great reviews that it has.