Is there more to it than posting a status update?
Is there more to it than posting a status update?
Is there more to it than posting a status update?
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Men past<br />
3 months<br />
Women<br />
past 3<br />
months<br />
Everyone<br />
past 3<br />
months<br />
Wr<strong>it</strong>ten content online (chat forums, blogs, social networking<br />
s<strong>it</strong>es or elsewhere)<br />
41 44 42<br />
Wr<strong>it</strong>ten <strong>to</strong> chat forums 24 17 21<br />
Uploaded self produced content <strong>to</strong> a s<strong>it</strong>e (doesn’t include chat<br />
forums, dating services, or online sales forums)<br />
16 15 15<br />
Commented on someone else’s blog 13 11 12<br />
Signed an online pet<strong>it</strong>ion 7 11 9<br />
Discussed on open chat forums 10 5 7<br />
Commented on a news on online newspaper or TV s<strong>it</strong>e 8 3 6<br />
Hosted a blog 3 4 3<br />
Table 6: Wr<strong>it</strong>ing content online in Finland in 2010, percentage of 16-74-year olds. (Modified<br />
from Official Statistics of Finland (OSF) 2., 2010)<br />
Following different mediums and blogs, not <strong>to</strong> mention active participation in content<br />
creation, is rather age dependent, as Table 7 shows. The youngest audience (16–24-year olds)<br />
are most active ones in all of the different online actions. The social networking services are<br />
especially appealing <strong>to</strong> teenagers and young adults, as 85 percent of 16–24-year olds, and 76<br />
percent of 25–34-year olds are registered as users in these services. Younger audiences feel<br />
that social media and <strong>it</strong>s services are a natural part of their daily lives, almost fifth of them<br />
follow a service multiple times per day. In the older age groups the interest <strong>to</strong>wards social<br />
networking services is lim<strong>it</strong>ed. In all age groups women tend <strong>to</strong> utilize the social networking<br />
services <strong>more</strong> <strong>than</strong> men. (Official Statistics of Finland (OSF) 2., 2010).<br />
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