A small study (84 students) conducted at the University of Pennsylvania yields some interesting results about the use of mobile phones (calling and texting), email, and Facebook among college students. Students were asked which of the above services they would rather give up for a week. Read →
mtvU, The Jed Foundation and The Associated Press have collaborated on a survey of of 2,207 undergraduate students ages 18-24 at 40 randomly chosen four-year colleges. Similar to the recent Harris Interactive survey, which reported that social networking led to a greater sense of connectedness (but at the expense of in-person relationships), these interviews, conducted by Edison [...] Read →
Ypulse Research has surveyed 1,000 teens and college students from their SurveyU panel to find out how their social networking has (and hasn’t) changed over time. Among the findings, as reported in this blog post on Ypulse.com: 42% of high school students surveyed are using Twitter Facebook still reigns supreme above other social networks with [...] Read →