Via Jane Hart's excellent E-Learning Pick of the Day I came across the latest report - actually a 10 page "data memo" rather than a full report - in the Pew Internet and American Life Project, under the Family Friends and Community topic: Social Networking Websites and Teens. The survey, conducted by telephone between October 23 and November 19 2006 among a national sample of 935 youths ages 12 to 17, asked about the ways that teenagers use these sites and their reasons for doing so. 55% make use of such sites, use of which "rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users". For a well informed commentary on the survey, including some interesting points about the Pew research methods, read this piece by dana boyd.
If any readers know of current UK data on the use of social networking sites, please post a comment below.
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