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Teens are sharing more, but privately

1403785_10090459In a 2012 follow up to a 2006 survey, The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that:

  • 91% of teens posted a photo of themselves online (up from 76%)
  • 53% posted their email address on social media (up from 29%)
  • 20% posted their phone number (up from 2%)

But that doesn’t mean the information is widely available.

  • 60% of teen Facebook users had set their profiles to “private”, and 89% of them indicated that adjusting their profile privacy setting was (at worst) “not too difficult”.

More online:

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

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Smartphones overtake those other phones

Today Apple will announce the new iPhone. 

Yesterday, Google announced over 500 Million Android devices had been activated.

As all this happens, the Pew Internet and American Life Project has come out with new numbers on Smartphone usage.

  • 45% of American Adults own Smartphones
  • 55% of mobile subscribers own Smartphones (For the first time… more of us are using smart phones than feature phones)
  • Nearly 70% of those who make over $75,000 own Smartphones

In a similar report, Nielsen indcates that 74% of young adults (25-34) now own smartphones.

Here is the demographic breakdown from Pew Continue reading “Smartphones overtake those other phones”