Ines Mergel

Pew Internet Study on Social Networking Websites and Youth

In Social Networks, Youth, network ties, networking, online ties on January 13, 2007 at 3:43 pm

A new Pew Study on Social Networking Websites and Youth was published last week. Besides the interesting numbers (~ 55% of all young Americans are using online Social Networking plattsforms), Pew gives their definition of a social networking plattform:

A social networking site is an online place where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users.

The full report can be downloaded from the Pew website.