Articles - Internet User Demographics en-us http://www.newmedia.org N/A http://www.newmedia.org news@newmedia.org 20 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/100/1/More-Teens-Creating-and-Sharing-Material-on-the-Internet/Page1.html Content creation by teenagers continues to grow, with 64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engaging in at least one type of content creation, up from 57% of online teens in 2004.  Fueled by new technologies, websites, and social network domains such as Facebook and MySpace, large numbers of teens share and create materials online.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/81/1/Teens-Who-Visit-Both-MySpace-and-Facebook-Drive-Time-Spent-at-the-Social-Networking-Sites/Page1.html Nielsen//NetRatings announced today that among U.S. visitors aged 12-17, visitors to both MySpace and Facebook spend more time at each site than those who visit just one or the other. In August, teens who visited both sites spent on average 20 percent more time on MySpace than MySpace visitors alone. Facebook benefited to an even greater degree from dual visitors, who spent on average 26 percent longer at the site than exclusive Facebook visitors. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/66/1/comScore-Releases-May-US-Search-Engine-Rankings/Page1.html comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly qSearch analysis of activity across competitive search engines. In May 2007, Google Sites captured 50.7 percent of the U.S. search market, gaining one full share point from the previous month. Yahoo! Sites maintained its second place ranking with 26.4 percent of U.S. searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (10.3 percent), Ask Network (5.0 percent) and Time Warner Network (4.6 percent). news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/57/1/Males-Between-the-Ages-of-18-24-More-Likely-to-Download-Podcasts-via-iTunes/Page1.html An analysis of the iTunes podcasting audience revealed that males represented a significantly larger share (63 percent) of the audience than did females (37 percent). In addition, 18-24 year olds represented a substantial share of the audience (29 percent) and were more than twice as likely as the average Internet user to download podcasts. People between the ages of 35-54 represented about half of the podcasting audience and were also more likely than average to download podcasts. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/59/1/Pet-Food-Contamination-Drives-Concerned-Comsumers-to-the-Web/Page1.html Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT announced today that Web traffic to pet-related sites grew 115 percent in March over the previous month, from 9.1 million unique visitors to 19.5 million. Menu Foods, North America’s largest pet food supplier, announced a product recall on March 16th after receiving complaints in the United States about renal failure in pets who had consumed the food. Pet owners flocked online to find out which products were affected – MenuFoods.com fell below reporting cutoff in February, but drew a remarkable 12.8 million unique visitors in March. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/65/1/Sorting-Out-Information-Technology-Users/Page1.html 85% of American adults use the internet or cell phones – and most use both. Many also have broadband connections, digital cameras and video game systems. Yet the proportion of adults who exploit the connectivity, the capacity for self expression, and the interactivity of modern information technology is a modest 8%. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Sun, 06 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/62/1/32-of-Latino-Adults-Who-Speak-Only-Spanish-Go-Online/Page1.html Latinos comprise 14% of the U.S. adult population and about half of this growing group (56%) goes online. By comparison, 71% of non-Hispanic whites and 60% of non-Hispanic blacks use the internet. Several socio-economic characteristics that are often intertwined, such as low levels of education and limited English ability, largely explain the gap in internet use between Hispanics and non-Hispanics. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/52/1/55-of-online-teens-use-social-networks-and-55-have-created-online-profiles-older-girls-predominate/Page1.html 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.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/41/1/65--of-Singaporeans-Use-Internet-in-Their-Daily-Lives/Page1.html A recent survey commissioned by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) measuring the sophistication and attitudes of Singaporeans towards the Internet has revealed that 65 percent of Singaporeans aged between 15 – 49 are at least moderately aware and are casual users of the Internet. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/15/1/Women-are-Catching-Up-to-Men-in-Most-Measures-of-Online-Life/Page1.html A wide-ranging look at the way American women and men use the internet shows that men continue to pursue many internet activities more intensively than women, and that men are still first out of the blocks in trying the latest technologies. At the same time, there are trends showing that women are catching up in overall use and are framing their online experience with a greater emphasis on deepening connections with people.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800