I spoke too soon - some data re message board use
I spoke too soon! Some data is available after all. More would be welcome however as there still isn't much! Livingstone, S. M. and M. Bober (2004) "Uk Children Go Online: Surveying the Experiences of Young People and Their Parents" ESRC London. http://personal.lse.ac.uk/bober/UKCGOsurveyreport.pdf reveals that of 12-19 year old regular internet users 17% contributed to message boards (doesn't separate out 'lurkers' from 'participants' though. Survey data from Pew's first Teen and Parent survey in 2000 reveals 38% of 12-17 year olds go to “web sites and bulletin boards where they can write their opinions about things”. Unfortunately, this question disappeared from (what seems to be?) Pew's only other survey data with teens in it - in 2004. And while I think of it here are the other sources I checked unsuccessfully (but which other researchers interested in young people and Internet use may find handy): Dutton, W. H., C. di Genarro and A. M. Hargrave (2005) "The Internet in Britain: The Oxford Internet Survey (Oxis)" Oxford Internet Institute Oxford. http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/oxis/ OxIS_2005_Internet_Survey.pdf Roberts, D. F., U. G. Foehr and V. M. A. Rideout (2005) "Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year Olds" Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/entmedia/7251.cfm doesn't seem to have anything in it. NetRatings Australia Pty Ltd (2005) "Kidsonline@Home: Internet Use in Australian Homes" Sydney. http://www.aba.gov.au/newspubs/internet.shtml --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)
David The OxIS survey asks whether individuals ever post on discussion or message boards, and about 16% of our national sample in Britain say they do. See our chapter on Internet uses in Dutton et al 2005, which you cite below. Early surveys of home computer users did ask more questions about the use of bulletin boards, usenet etc, but with the diffusion of the Internet, a smaller proportion of users are actively engaged in providing information online, such as posting messages. So national surveys are not the best vehicle for obtaining more detailed information about particular types of use. We need to complement more representative national sample surveys with survey and qualitative research focused on particular populations of users, such as bloggers. Bill On 18 Dec 2005, at 00:13, David Brake wrote:
I spoke too soon! Some data is available after all. More would be welcome however as there still isn't much!
Livingstone, S. M. and M. Bober (2004) "Uk Children Go Online: Surveying the Experiences of Young People and Their Parents" ESRC London. http://personal.lse.ac.uk/bober/UKCGOsurveyreport.pdf reveals that of 12-19 year old regular internet users 17% contributed to message boards (doesn't separate out 'lurkers' from 'participants' though.
Survey data from Pew's first Teen and Parent survey in 2000 reveals 38% of 12-17 year olds go to “web sites and bulletin boards where they can write their opinions about things”. Unfortunately, this question disappeared from (what seems to be?) Pew's only other survey data with teens in it - in 2004.
And while I think of it here are the other sources I checked unsuccessfully (but which other researchers interested in young people and Internet use may find handy):
Dutton, W. H., C. di Genarro and A. M. Hargrave (2005) "The Internet in Britain: The Oxford Internet Survey (Oxis)" Oxford Internet Institute Oxford. http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/oxis/ OxIS_2005_Internet_Survey.pdf
Roberts, D. F., U. G. Foehr and V. M. A. Rideout (2005) "Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year Olds" Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/entmedia/7251.cfm doesn't seem to have anything in it.
NetRatings Australia Pty Ltd (2005) "Kidsonline@Home: Internet Use in Australian Homes" Sydney. http://www.aba.gov.au/newspubs/internet.shtml
--- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)
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