Global Publics Embrace Social Networking

Report Read time:
Global Publics Embrace Social Networking

Although still a relatively young technology, social networking is already a global phenomenon. In regions around the world -- and in countries with varying levels of economic development -- people who use the internet are using it for social networking. And this is particularly true of young people.

Meanwhile, other forms of technology are also increasingly popular across the globe. Cell phone ownership and computer usage have grown significantly over the last three years, and they have risen dramatically since 2002.

While social networking has spread globally, it is particularly widespread in the country where it began. Among the 22 publics surveyed, Americans most often say they use websites like Facebook and MySpace: 46% use such sites, 36% use the internet, but do not access these sites, and 18% say they never go online.

Read the full report, Global Publics Embrace Social Networking, on the Pew Research Center Web site.

MORE FROM PEW

In a vast field of solar panels, five workers in yellow and orange vests and helmets work on a section of panels. Those panels of black and blue glass catch the sun and transform it into energy, even though it appears to be a grey day out. Climate Talks Focus on Funding, Political Will, and More
Two people stand and talk in a tunnel in a creek. University of Georgia Uses Nature to Adapt to Climate Change
Workplace Savings Program Could Help 781,000 Kentuckians
An eight-lane highway runs beneath a large concrete and steel overpass, which is under construction. The highway is bordered mostly by undeveloped land with predominantly low brush in various shades of brown and green. Wildlife Crossings Save Lives, Money, and the Environment