Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's use of social networking sites in America and globally? Marc de Jong PhD Candidate Sociology
You need to start with the Pew Institute, check out Educause too., don't be afraid to look at data from places like Forrester, Microsoft and Apple have some great whitepapers too. Chris A. Heidelberg III, PhD -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jung-Whan De Jong Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:33 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Youth Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's use of social networking sites in America and globally? Marc de Jong PhD Candidate Sociology
There are a couple of essays in "Cyberfeminism in Northern Lights" from Cambridge Scholars Press that look at this in terms of gender, and are especially thought provoking as contrasts to US studies: Charlotte Kroløkke Performing and Positioning PowerBabes AnnBritt Enochsson Differences and Similarities in Girls' and Boys' Internet Use Best, Kim On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Heidelberg, Chris <Chris.Heidelberg@ssa.gov
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You need to start with the Pew Institute, check out Educause too., don't be afraid to look at data from places like Forrester, Microsoft and Apple have some great whitepapers too.
Chris A. Heidelberg III, PhD
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jung-Whan De Jong Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:33 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Youth
Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's use of social networking sites in America and globally?
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What kind of information are you looking for? Try http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/publications http://ibiblio.org/fred/academic.html http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/hargittai.html http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html For commonly cited stats, PEW studies as Chris said: http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=36 Many of these PEW studies are cited in the above links anyway. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Heidelberg, Chris <Chris.Heidelberg@ssa.gov> wrote:
You need to start with the Pew Institute, check out Educause too., don't be afraid to look at data from places like Forrester, Microsoft and Apple have some great whitepapers too.
Chris A. Heidelberg III, PhD
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jung-Whan De Jong Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:33 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Youth
Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's use of social networking sites in America and globally?
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning are available at http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/browse/browse.asp?btype=6&serid=170. Open access editions are freely available if you don't want to pay MIT Press for physical copies. I would start with "Youth, Identity, and Digital Media" and "Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected." Kevin
Hi, If you are looking for information about the UK, then this might be useful: Ofcom (2008). Social Networking: A quantitative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use. Retrieved August 21, 2008 from http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/soc ialnetworking/report.pdf Regards, Daniel.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jung-Whan De Jong Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:33 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Youth
Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's use of social networking sites in America and globally?
Marc de Jong PhD Candidate Sociology _______________________________________________
I am trying to read this inquiry as an open-ended research question, but for me, it has come across as a "lazy" approach to research. The easy answer was to simply delete it and move on. But I wanted to explain here that I would be much more inclined to help a researcher who has stated, "my interest in Social Networking and Youth has shown significant work by authors (or institutes) X, Y and Z. I am asking the list are there any further "must read" studies?" I am NOT trying to shut down early career researchers but only to suggest that a minor re-phrasing of the inquiry and an attempt to show where the researcher has already been becomes much more attractive for the responders to offer further direction . . . I welcome debate on this but if it's war, please flame me offlist . . . Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset
You and AIR may also be interested in Social Networking: A Quantitative And Qualitative Research Report Into Attitudes, Behaviours And Use that I blogged on my _Friends_ blog: [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/ <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/> ] earlier this week .... "Nearly half of all children who have access to the internet have their own personal profile on a social networking site, according to extensive qualitative and quantitative Ofcom research published today [April 02 2008]. The report reveals just how quickly social networking sites have become a part of Britons' lives. As well as widespread use amongst 8-17 year olds (49 per cent of internet users in that age group), the report also reveals that over a fifth (22 per cent) of adult internet users aged 16+ have their own online profile. The research finds that it is common for adults to have a profile on more than one site (the average being 1.6) and half of current adult social networkers say that they access their profiles at least every other day. <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1yC8pclUjHU/SLBrHwuu_dI/AAAAAAAACPA/syiRG5PZ5Jc/s1600-h/ofCOM-2.jpg> The research also shows how social networking sites are stretching the traditional meaning of 'friends'. Some users say that they derive enjoyment from 'collecting' lists of people with whom they have an online connection but often have never met." [ http://tinyurl.com/6dbf2v <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tinyurl.com/6dbf2v> ] Enjoy ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/> ] ________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Denise N. Rall Sent: Sun 8/24/2008 9:42 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Networking and Youth I am trying to read this inquiry as an open-ended research question, but for me, it has come across as a "lazy" approach to research. The easy answer was to simply delete it and move on. But I wanted to explain here that I would be much more inclined to help a researcher who has stated, "my interest in Social Networking and Youth has shown significant work by authors (or institutes) X, Y and Z. I am asking the list are there any further "must read" studies?" I am NOT trying to shut down early career researchers but only to suggest that a minor re-phrasing of the inquiry and an attempt to show where the researcher has already been becomes much more attractive for the responders to offer further direction . . . I welcome debate on this but if it's war, please flame me offlist . . . Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org <http://aoir.org/> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Heidelberg, Chris <Chris.Heidelberg@ssa.gov> wrote:
You need to start with the Pew Institute, check out Educause too...
Can you please be a bit more specific on what you think would be of value from EDUCAUSE? I know that their research arm, ECAR, has done one or two things that may be somewhat relevant. But I don't know what other original materials they have produced relevant to this topic. Am I missing a treasure trove buried in their (very large) website? Kevin
I maintain a list of all research that I know on social network sites (both in the US and abroad) here: http://www.danah.org/SNSResearch.html Not all of it is on youth but a bunch of it is. danah On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Jung-Whan De Jong wrote:
Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's use of social networking sites in America and globally?
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