[LM_NET] Pew report on teen-age blogging

[dougj <dougj@DOUG-JOHNSON.COM>]

Hi folks,

A new Pew study on teen-age blogging is at:

http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=166

(Apologies if this has already been shared.)

From Government Technology news story on the article:

About 21 million or 87% of those ages 12-17 use the Internet, according to a
survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The results highlight
that this is a generation comfortable with content-creating technology.
Teens are eager to share their thoughts, experiences, and creations with the
wider Internet population. Some key findings:
    €    33% of online teens share their own creative content online, such
as artwork, photos, stories or videos.
    €    32% say that they have created or worked on webpages or blogs for
others, including groups they belong to, friends or school assignments.
    €    22% report keeping their own personal webpage.
    €    19% of online teens keep a blog, and 38% of online teens read
blogs.
    €    19% of Internet-using teens say they remix content they find online
into their own artistic creations.

http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=97131

There is no stopping them, but can we steer them?

All the best,

Doug


Doug Johnson
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