Blogs perdem espaço entre jovens

Duas pesquisas do Pew Internet Project mostram que diminuiu o acesso a blogs entre adolescentes e cresceu entre adultos com 30 anos ou mais. A novidade é que aumentou o uso de redes sociais entre a moçada com idade entre 12 e 17 anos. Veja os highlights do estudo:


Among the findings for teens ages 12-17:

• 14% of online teens ages 12-17 now say they blog, down from 28% of teen internet users in 2006.
• 73% of online teens now use social networking websites, a significant increase from previous surveys. Just over half of online teens (55%) used social networking sites in November 2006 and 65% did so in February 2008.
• 8% of internet users ages 12-17 use Twitter. This makes Twitter far less common than sending or receiving text messages as 66% of teens do, or going online for news and political information, done by 62% of online teens.
• In the past five years, cell phone ownership has become mainstream among even the youngest teens. Fully 58% of 12-year olds now own a cell phone, up from just 18% of such teens as recently as 2004.

For adults 18 and older:

• Facebook is currently the most commonly-used online social network among adults. Among adult profile owners, 73% have a profile on Facebook, 48% have a profile on MySpace and 14% have a LinkedIn profile. 47% of online adults use social networking sites, up from 37% in November 2008.
• 81% of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 are wireless internet users. By comparison, 63% of 30-49 year olds and 34% of those ages 50 and up access the internet wirelessly.
• Young adults lead the way when it comes to using Twitter or status updating. One-third of online 18-29 year olds post or read status updates.

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