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UK Study on Children and Social Networks

An Ofcom study from the UK shows these data:

49% of children 8-17 have an online profile
22% of 16+ have an online profile
On average adults have profiles on 1.6 sites
63% of 8 to 17-year-olds with a profile use Bebo
37% of 8 to 17-year-olds with profile use MySpace
18% of 8 to 17-year-olds with a profile use Facebook
59% of 8 to 17-year-olds use social networks to make new friends
16% of parents do not know if their child's profile is visible to all
33% of parents say they set no rules for their children's use of social networks
43% of children say their parents set no rules for use of social networks
Source: Ofcom

See the report here.

Social Networking: A quantitative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use (72 page PDF) April 2008

A BBC analysis is here.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).