IP Outreach Research > IP Creation
Reference
| Title: | Teen Content Creators and Consumers |
| Author: | Amanda Lenhart and Mary Madden [Pew Internet & American Life Project] |
| Source: | http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Content_Creation.pdf |
| Year: | 2005 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | Creativity |
| Focus: | Arts |
| Country/Territory: | United States of America |
| Objective: | To increase the understanding of youth as both creators and consumers of Internet content. |
| Sample: | 1.100 randomly selected parent-child (aged 12-17) pairs |
| Methodology: | Telephone interviews |
Main Findings
Internet-using American teens are prolific content creators: 57% of them report having done one or more of the following online content-creating activities: firstly, "creating a blog" (19% of online teens have created their own blog, while only 7% of their adult counterparts say the same). Blogging is especially popular among girls aged 15 to 17 and frequent Internet users. Active bloggers are usually tech-savvy and intrepid internet explorers from technologically rich households with their own computer at home, which they use in a private space. 57% of them update their blogs once a week or more often. Interestingly, they also seem to be more concerned about copyright (52% reporting to care about copyright) than their non-blogging counterparts (with just 37%).
Secondly, "creating a personal webpage" (22%; most popular with daily Internet users); thirdly, "creating a webpage for somebody else" (32%; particularly frequent Internet users); fourthly, "sharing original content they created themselves online" (33%; in particular bloggers and urban female teens with broadband connexions who use the Internet frequently).
Finally, "remixing content found online into a new creation" (19%; equally prevalent across genders, ages and socioeconomic groups, but more widespread among bloggers and frequent Internet users).
[Date Added: Aug 18, 2008 ]