Pew Report: For Teens, Blogging on Decline as Social Media Use Grows

SOCIAL MEDIA -- February 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM EDT

Amanda Lenhart of the Pew Internet & American Life Project dropped by The Rundown to outline the highlight of their latest report examining social media use among teens and young adults.

Among the major findings were:

Just 8 percent of Internet users ages 12 to 17 reported that they use Twitter.
Blogging is declining as a means of communication for teens.
Many teens are migrating from MySpace to Facebook.
Three-quarters of teens and 93 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 have a cell phone.

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