Student Smartphone Use Doubles; Instant Messaging Loses Favor - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Student Smartphone Use Doubles; Instant Messaging Loses Favor
By Kelly Truong
Smartphone use among college students has almost doubled since early last year, a study by a researcher at Ball State University found.
The study confirms what has become common knowledge: cellphones are almost ubiquitous on college campuses, with 99.8 percent of students owning one or more. But in the national survey of about 500 students—which has been conducted twice a year since 2005—new details emerged on the kind of phones they own and how they use them.
How the World Is Spending Its Time Online [STATS]
Brenna Ehrlich
So… whatcha doin’ over there on that laptop, denizens of the world? Well, according to a new study from Nielsen showing Internet usage in April 2010, 22% of the time, you’re engaging with social media.
Yeah, 22% might not seem like a mammoth percentage, but you have to take into account the fact that this finding is on a global scale. Also, a few more telling takeaways from the report:
* Currently, three quarters of Internet (Internet) users worldwide visit a social network or blog when they go online — that’s a 24% increase over last year.
* Joe Average (the international version) spends 66% more time on these sites than he did a year ago — for example, your average user spent 6 hours on these sites in April 2010, while last year he spent 3 hours, 31 minutes.
* Facebook (Facebook), YouTube and Wikipedia (Wikipedia) make an appearance among the world’s most popular brands.
We’ve seen ample proof of the burgeoning popularity of social media in the past — just two months ago, Nielsen reported similar growth — and it makes sense. Facebook has been giving Google (Google) a run for its money when it comes to traffic, and YouTube (YouTube) recently surpassed two billion views per day.
The Souls of the Machine: Clay Shirky’s Internet Revolution - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Souls of the Machine
Clay Shirky says the Internet revolution has only just begun.
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