Saturday, May 25, 2013

Teens Sharing More On Facebook - Business Insider

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Teens are sharing more information on social media than ever before, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet And American Life Project.?

In 2012, 53% of teens said they shared their email address on social networks, compared to only 29% who did so in 2006.?Further, ten times more teens shared their cell phone number on social networks in 2012 than in 2006.?

Other information, such as photos, school name, and locations are also being shared more frequently on social media by younger demographics, according to the survey of 802 U.S. teens.

In other words, despite all the attention on privacy issues surrounding social media, teenagers appear comfortable with sharing more data. However, they?also tend to calibrate that sharing.

According to Pew,?60% of teen users keep their Facebook profiles private?(so that casual Web users and non-friends can't access their profiles). Among adult users, 58%, keep their Facebook profiles private.

It's a sign that teens are just as mindful of their privacy setting as adults, even as they share more data about themselves with friends within their network (and Facebook itself).?

Facebook remains by far the most popular site among social networking teens, with 94% claiming to have an account on the site.?However, some teens are also using?other sites: 26% of social networking teens used Twitter in 2012, up from 12% in 2011.

In contrast to Facebook, where only 14% of teens have public profiles, 64% of those teen Twitter users say their account is public.?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/teens-sharing-more-on-facebook-2013-5

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