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. In the past five years, such sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon that engages tens of millions of internet users. More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Read Social Networking Websites and Teens from the Pew Internet & American Life Project plus related articles from the BBC and the Financial Times
Previously from WNM:
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April 16, 2007 at 11:01 pm
[...] Read Eliot Van Buskirk’s Note to Everyone: MySpace Is Not the Web. Get Ready to Move On from WIRED. On topic: Will MySpace try to monetize its ecosystem? from ZDNet’s Steve O’Hear. Previously from WNM: Social networking from niche to mainstream. [...]