DISQUS

Social Times: Are Social Networks for Children?

  • Marc Dierens · 1 year ago
    Currently I am a heavy user, and log into Twitter, Facebook and other social media/software tools and sites at least once a day, and sometimes more than once a day. At work I am working on collaboration and social networking for the enterprise, so need to be up to date (although this seems impossible).

    Teen blogging is something that I have not encountered yet, I think the younger users are more on IM and MySpace.

    Cheers, Marc
  • Vitak · 1 year ago
    Pew Internet does monitor the usage levels of both teen and adult bloggers, and their data show there is a teen blogging presence, albeit much smaller than the adult population. I believe most social networks are for the under 30s, and research shows more than half of 12-17 year olds have accounts with at least one social network.

    In my research on college students' Facebook use, I found the vast majority of respondents log into the site multiple times a day. Personally, I tend to keep Facebook and Twitter open in tabs all day so I can check for updates at my leisure, but I am kind of obsessive about it.