PEW

"Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the internet could be considered Content Creators. They have created a blog or webpage, posted original artwork, photography, stories or videos online or remixed online content into their own new creations." That is amazing. People do not realize how big this is getting. Knowledge is spreading like wildfire.
Teens seem to be alot more aggressive with blogging other forms then adults and it might be because of accessibility. Teenagers access the internet more, talk about it more. I mean how many adults do you know that have the sidekick cell phone? I may be wrong! But i feel teens instant message more then adults. I do not mean accessibility in the sense that teens have a better chance to access the internet more. I simply mean they DO access it more. They spend hours a day instant messaging their friends.
The desire to download is also much stronger. The whole idea of "sticking it to the man." Teens download everything from movies, to music, to pictures. A big thing that i attribute 57% of teens that have internet "creating content" is Myspace and Facebook. That is the craze. Facebook is absolutely huge. I would love to find out the percentage of students that use facebook. And myspace is there for the younger generation as well.