ernet. Based on the Mill's article and Pew Internet Research on Teens and Social Media it appears that girls are blogging (write) more, but boys are posting more video content. A few highlights from the Pew research data in the Mills article included:- 35% online teen girls blog while only 20% of the boys blog.
- 54% of girls post photos compared to 40% of boys, but more boys than girls put videos online.
- 28% of online teenagers have blogs compared to 19% in Pew's 2004 data.
- 27% of teenagers have their own web pages.
- 66% of teens protect personal information online.
- 70% of teens use cell phones daily and cells phones are primary communication sources for 63% of them.
Follow this link to the Pew Internet & American Life Project for more information and read the Pew Internet Teens & Social Media Report pdf for complete details.
Depending on their point of view, K-12 and Higher Education faculty may find the Pew report that 2/3 of online teen are content creators exciting or disturbing news. In any event, look out here they come!
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