theresamaves 's List: Online Communities

• • Intel sponsered? interesting

• Shares several resources - theresamaves on 2008-02-08

• • Research the Discovery Network

• • Read this part--it applies to our task

• The Center for the Digital  Future has conducted a longitudinal survey on Internet use for the last six  years, giving them unique insight into how cyberspace has weaved itself into our  cultural fabric. Americans with Internet access - and they suggest that includes  just over three-quarters of all of us - spend an average of 8.9 hours online  each week.

• The study also documents how the Internet impacts relationships. Internet  users report having formed friendships with an average of 4.65 people this year  - people they’ve never met in person. Nearly half of those surveyed - 42.8  percent - say that the Internet has increased the amount of contact they have  with friends and family. For many people, these interactions are taking place in  online communities. Just over half of online community members log in to their  communities on a daily basis, while 70 percent of them interact with their  fellow community members on a regular basis.

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