[Air-L] Fwd: Number of SNSs users are active in.

[Ed Lamoureux]

sorry
bounced the first one./.. included the report. my bad
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/198/report_display.asp


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> From: Ed Lamoureux <ell at bumail.bradley.edu>
> Date: August 24, 2007 11:10:21 AM CDT
> To: Association of Internet Researchers <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Number of SNSs users are active in.
>
> I can't produce evidence FOR a number, but can offer some against  
> the notion of 5 . . .
> the January 07 Pew piece on teens and social networks doesn't even  
> find 5 that are used by teens enough to report them:
> Over 1/2 of those surveyed (who have filled out an online profile)  
> did so on myspace or facebook. And of the sites listed for those  
> who used social networking sites, 85% used my space, 7 %  
> facebook . . .
>
> tough to figure another 3 sites that many use.
> HOWEVER . . . it's certainly possible that canter included flicker/ 
> twitter  . . .  throw in one web blog . . . and maybe that's how he  
> got there?
>
> OR
> maybe he calls blogs social networks
> On Aug 24, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Emma Duke-Williams wrote:
>
>> I've just been reading Wired's article about SNS for Students and  
>> Marc
>> Canter was quoted as saying that the average user was active in 5
>> Social Networks. I wasn't entired sure if they meant "5 communities"
>> or "5 websites", but, given that they then went on to list 5 sites, I
>> guess it was the latter.
>> (http://www.wired.com/software/webservices/news/2007/08/ 
>> student_networks
>> )
>>
>> I've found (I think!) Canter's blog ( http://marc.blogs.it/) but  
>> can't
>> seem to find anything about the numbers of active networks.
>>
>> I was rather surprised to read the 5, clearly the definition of
>> "active" could vary, I'm sure my MySpace account that I signed up for
>> ages ago doesn't count, but I wouldn't call myself active on Facebook
>> either (login perhaps once a fortnight, don't actively add friends,
>> delete requests from those I don't recognise etc).
>>
>> I'm also assuming that he's not counting things like forums, which
>> are, in effect, a community, but again, I could be wrong.
>>
>> Does anyone else have any evidence (published or anecdotal) to  
>> support
>> or otherwise Canter's claim?
>>
>> Emma
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Blog: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~duke-wie/blog/
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Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Multimedia Program
and Department of Communication
Co-Director, New Media Center
1501 W. Bradley
Bradley University
Peoria IL  61625
309-677-2378
<http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/index.html>
<http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/>
AIM/IM & skype: dredleelam
Second Life: Professor Beliveau