Tudor Mateescu

Suna cam ciudat traducerea tinerii in retelele sociale / tineri in grupuri online sociale / tinerii si networkingul online (sper ca este corecta pentru Teens and Social Networks). Ai o sugestie mai buna?

Iata raportul. Am bolduit ce am considerat esential.

55% of online teens use social networks and 55% have created online
profiles; older girls predominate.

More than half (55%) of all of 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.

The survey also finds that older teens, particularly girls, are more
likely to use these sites. For girls, social networking sites are
primarily places to reinforce pre-existing friendships; for boys, the
networks also provide opportunities for flirting and making new friends.

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. The explosive growth in the popularity of these sites has
generated concerns among some parents, school officials, and government
leaders about the potential risks posed to young people when personal
information is made available in such a public setting.

The data memo, written by Senior Research Specialists Amanda Lenhart and
Mary Madden, is based on a survey conducted by telephone from October 23
through November 19, 2006 among a national sample of 935 youths ages 12
to 17. The survey asked about the ways that teenagers use social
networking sites and their reasons for doing so. Among the key findings:

* 55% of online teens have created a personal profile online, and 55%
have used social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook.
* 66% of teens who have created a profile say that their profile is not
visible to all internet users.
* 48% of teens visit social networking websites daily or more often; 26%
visit once a day, 22% visit several times a day.
* Older girls ages 15-17 are more likely to have used social networking
sites and created online profiles; 70% of older girls have used an
online social network compared with 54% of older boys, and 70% of older
girls have created an online profile, while only 57% of older boys have
done so.

“There is a widespread notion that every American teenager is using
social networks, and that they’re plastering personal information over
their profiles for anyone and everyone to read,” says Amanda Lenhart.
“These findings add nuance to that story – not every teenager is using a
social networking website, and of those that do, more than half of them
have in some way restricted access to their profile.”

Teens say social networking sites help them manage their friendships

* 91% of all social networking teens say they use the sites to stay in
touch with friends they see frequently, while 82% use the sites to stay
in touch with friends they rarely see in person.
* 72% of all social networking teens use the sites to make plans with
friends; 49% use the sites to make new friends.
* Older boys who use social networking sites (ages 15-17) are more
likely than girls of the same age to say that they use social networking
sites to make new friends (60% vs. 46%).
* Just 17% of all social networking teens say they use the sites to
flirt.
* Older boys who use social networking sites are more than twice as
likely as older girls to say they use the sites to flirt; 29% report
this compared with just 13% of older girls.

“Both boys and girls rely on social networks to keep close tabs on their
current friends, but older boys are much more likely to use them to meet
new friends and flirt in the comfort of an online environment,” says
Mary Madden. “Older boys are really the ones taking advantage of the
true ‘networking’ features afforded by the sites.”

To read the full report, please visit:

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/198/report_display.asp