They've got the gear, but they're just not getting into Web 2.0. A study released Sunday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that while 73% of Americans are online and well over half own a cell phone and a computer, only 8% are deep users of Web 2.0 features. According to the study, a Web 2.0 user is someone who uses technology to "express themselves online and participate in the commons of cyberspace." Which, admittedly, is a pretty classy term for people who do a lot of stuff online. Blogging, remixing media and the like. They study also went ahead to break internet users down into groups with cute little names like "Lackluster veteran" and "productivity enhancer", obviously to give the results some validity.

The study looked entirely at adults, ignoring teenagers because frankly, no one cares what they do. Even though they are among the heaviest and savviest technology users. Beside the point. Maybe when they grow up and act a little more mature they can be lumped into groups like "omnivore" or "inexperienced experimenter." Actually, "inexperienced experimenter" sounds like a pretty good description of teenage life, if not of their online activity. One can assume teenagers were left out because no survey conducted by Princeton University was willing to contain the category: "we're just here to find free music and pornography."