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04 Dec 09

Study: Children Who Blog Or Use Facebook Have Higher Literacy Levels

  • The study also found 49 per cent of young people believe writing is “boring”. However, 57 per cent of those who used text-based web applications such as blogs, said they generally enjoyed writing compared to 40 per cent who did not.
  • 61 per cent of bloggers and 56 per cent of social networkers claimed to be good or very good at writing, compared to 47 per cent of those who had neither.


    Pupils who write online are more likely to write short stories, letters, song lyrics or a diary, the research revealed.

15 Oct 09

Next-gen operating systems: Facebook on steroids? | iGeneration | ZDNet.com

Facebook as the next-gen OS. Hard to believe. Or maybe not (but, like, in 10 years)

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25 Sep 09

We Spend 2x More Time On Facebook Than On Google | Penn Olson

  • Facebook is currently the perfect role model for all websites in terms of web stickiness.
  • Facebook currently has an Active Reach of 44.6%. Looking at it the other way, approximately 55.4% of active web users are not engaged on Facebook. On the other hand, competitors like Google and Microsoft are nearing the 100% mark at 84% and 75% respectively.

Psychologist: Facebook makes you smarter, Twitter makes you dumber | Technically Incorrect - CNET News

  • On the other hand, video games and Sudoku allegedly involve more thinking depth, more tracking of past actions, and more mapping of those things you might do in the future. Therefore, they enhance working memory.
10 Jul 09

Social Media: Communities Based on Trust Are Stronger - Advertising Age - DigitalNext

There's the key: Facebook is about real people. People you can care for.

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  • "We all stopped going to MySpace. No one ever uses their real name on MySpace."
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