Pew: Most Kids Create, Share Own Media Content

  • November 3, 2005
Fifty-seven percent of online U.S. teens--or roughly 12 million--now create or share online content, including blogs, Web pages, and photos, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The study, "Teen Content Creators and Consumers," based on surveys of 1,100 U.S. youngsters ages 12 to 17, found that 33 percent of online teens share artwork, photos, stories, and video online; 32 percent have created Web sites for themselves or others; and 22 percent keep a personal Web page. Additionally, 19 percent report keeping their own blog or online journal; by contrast, a Pew study in 2004 found that just 7 percent of adult online users had created blogs. -- Shankar Gupta
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