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SESSION 8-9SOCIAL NETWORK SITESDEFININING SOCIAL NETWORK SITES
web-based services that allow individuals to(1) construct a public or semi-public profilewithin a bounded system, (2) articulate a listof other users with whom they share aconnection, and (3) view and traverse their listof connections and those made by otherswithin the system. (Boyd & Ellison, 2)Pew Internet and American Life, 2007, “SocialNetworking Websites and Teens”:“A social networking site is an online placewhere a user can create a profile and build apersonal network that connects him or her toother users.”PEW: “More than half (55%) of all onlineAmerican youths ages 12-17 use online socialnetworking sites”
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Among the key findings of the report:
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55% of online teens have created a personalprofile online, and 55% have used socialnetworking sites like MySpace or Facebook.
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66% of teens who have created a profile saythat their profile is not visible by all internetusers.
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48% of teens visit social networking websitesdaily or more often; 26% visit once a day,22% visit several times a day.
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Older girls ages 15-17 are more likely to haveused social networking sites and onlineprofiles; 70% of older girls have used anonline social network compared with 54% of older boys, and,
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70% of older girls have created an onlineprofile, while only 57% boys have done so.
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91% of all social networking teens say theyuse the sites to stay in touch with friendsthey see frequently, while 82% use the sitesto stay in touch with friends they rarely see
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in person
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72% of all social networking teens use thesites to make plans with friends;
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49% use the sites to make new friends.
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Older boys who use social networking sites(ages 15-17) are more likely than girls of thesame age to say that they use socialnetworking sites to make new friends (60% vs.46%).
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Just 17% of all social networking teens usethe sites to flirt
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Older boys who use social networking sitesare more than twice as likely as older girls tosay they use the sites to flirt; 29% report thiscompared with just 13% of older girls.
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