Teens are cool to Facebook but worm to Twitter Pew Research
"Many teenagers have expressed waning enthusiasm for Facebook," said the Pew Research Center in a study published on Tuesday, based on interviews with 800 young people conducted between July and September last year.
They complained many adults in the room, inane details shared by friends and the "drama" on Facebook, which are running out, according to the study, conducted by the Pew Internet Project.
"The stress of having to manage their reputation on Facebook also contributes to the lack of enthusiasm," the researchers said. Twitter and Instagram, however, adolescents felt free of social expectations and limitations of Facebook, according to the study.
Most children are active on Facebook, because it is "an important part of adolescent socialization in general," said the study. However, almost a quarter of online teens now use Twitter, up to 16 percent in 2011.
His disappointment with Facebook may have something to do with how you use it. About 70 percent said they are friends with their parents on the site, and only 5 percent limit what they can see their parents, according to the study. So Facebook is probably not a haven for illicit discussion.
But teens are keeping things open on Twitter, too. A little less than 65 percent have Twitter accounts their public tweets, according to the study.
Parents, meanwhile, are concerned about the amount of information that advertisers can learn about their children. Over 80 percent of parents said they were "very" or "somewhat" concerned that, according to the study
Adolescents were less concerned parties who have access to your data. However, almost one in three said they had seen the ads that were "clearly inappropriate" for their age, although the study did not say what kind of ads they were.
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