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How Tweens and Teens are Using Social Media — Infographic Labs

How Tweens and Teens are Using Social Media — Infographic Labs | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
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Check out this infographic that looks at how teens and tweens are using social media. It probably comes as no surprise that they are very active in the use of social media. One statistic they show is

* Surveys have found that majority or 81 percent of kids aged 12 to 17 use social media. This figure is higher than the 72 percent of internet users overall.

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LibrarianLand's curator insight, May 29, 2014 10:24 AM

According to this article there appears to be a difference between what teens and kids younger than teens prefer as far as social media platforms are concerned.

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A Look Inside the Digital Lives of Tweens | MindShift

A Look Inside the Digital Lives of Tweens | MindShift | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

While large-scale surveys have documented the types of media to which 5–9-year-olds are devoting increasing amounts of time, we know less about how and why they are using these media and what they might be learning as a result. This research provides rich details on the processes, relationships, and contexts that larger scale studies on children’s media use cannot by examining two 8-year-old girls’ engagement with video games, the Web, mobile devices, and other emerging technologies against the backdrop of family life.

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