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Filed under: Internet, Video, Blogging, E-mail, web 2.0

Study finds girls eclipse boys in photo posting, other obvious web facts

Study finds girls eclipse boys in photo posting, other obvious web factsThe Pew Internet & American Life Project just posted its findings on teens and the web, and it seems to have uncovered much of what we already know about the internet. Here's a bullet point summary of the major findings. With each point, we'll try to name site/service who's users would stereotypically match.
  • AIM: 93% of American teens (ages 12-17) use the web. Many of them use the web to interact with others.
  • YouTube: 64% of online teens create online content, up from 57% in 2004.
  • Livejournal (bad poetry): 39% of online teens share their artistic creations online.
  • MySpace: 27% of online teens keep a personal web page.
  • LOLcats?: 26% of online teens "remix" content they find online.
  • WoW: 49% of online teens play games online.
  • America: Teens are more likely to own desktop computers over any other type of "gadget." This one was almost surprising.
  • Facebook: Social network communicators are more "intense" communicators.
  • Facebook: Girls eclipse boys in photo posting.
  • Nintendo Wii: 31% of teens spend time time with friends outside of school every day.
  • High School: 34% of teens spend time with friends outside of school several times a week
To be honest, a lot of this is pretty obvious. We shouldn't need a study to find out chat rooms suck, teens tend to own computers, and girls are more likely than guys to post photos online. Regardless, there's a lot more information where that came from, so if you'd like to learn more about the online habits of today's teenagers, make sure to check out the full study.

[via TechCrunch]

Filed under: News, E-mail, Social Software

Teens say email is like, so, last week


Email seems like the safest -- in terms of durability and longevity -- internet application that could possibly be conceived. It's simple, it works, and aside from the problems with spam, it's pretty foolproof. Not so fast Mr. Assumption, teens in large numbers say that email just isn't cool, and that social networks are providing more reliable and easier communication than the old standard.

Cnet reports on a panel discussion at Mashup 2007 that sheds some light on the issue. According to one teen pannelist, podcaster Martina Butler, "I need (Facebook) everywhere I go, but I log into e-mail only once a week."

Not to sound out of touch but, what the heck happened? Facebook is useful, but how can anyone live without checking their email daily? Even hourly? Those kids today...

Filed under: Web services, Social Software

Another company takes aim at MySpace: Wal-Mart??

The HUBI love the title of this Advertising Age article: Wal-Mart Tries to Be MySpace-Seriously. Because it's so apropos. If you were asked to name 50 companies poised to capture the hearts and minds of hip, young Americans, I doubt Wal-Mart would be on, or even anywhere near, your list. But that doesn't stop it from trying: The HUB (School Your Way) is Wal-Mart's answer to MySpace, and it's worth partial credit at best. The HUB allows young Wal-Mart shoppers-the site seems aimed mostly at tweens-to put together their own personalized page with the opportunity to "win some fab prizes." They can also upload a video of themselves, but all content is rigidly controlled by Wal-Mart, so don't expect to see much in the way of free expression (oh, and the only teens featured on the site's front page are paid actors and models). In the end, Wal-Mart's HUB is-as thought it's not obvious-much less a social networking site (in fact, social networking features are all but absent) and much more an attempt by Wal-Mart to get kids to run its advertising campaign for it, and from the sounds of the Advertising Age article, kids aren't too interested, and I can see why.

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