Women More Likely than Men to Keep Social Media Profiles Private
There is a significant gender gap when it comes to the way social media users manage their online profiles: 67% of women (but just 48% of men) restrict access to friends only.
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There is a significant gender gap when it comes to the way social media users manage their online profiles: 67% of women (but just 48% of men) restrict access to friends only.
A majority of adults who use Facebook interact with the website at least daily.
Far more young adults are able to identify the founder of Facebook (63%) than name the speaker of the House (21%).
Among internet users, 7% of adults friended a candidate or political group on a social networking site or followed them on Twitter.
Among adults who go online, 8% use Twitter.
Among adult internet users who engaged with a political campaign on Twitter or a social networking site, more supported Republican congressional candidates than Democratic candidates.
More than half of online adults use Wikipedia — which celebrates its 10th anniversary this Saturday — to look for information.
Young adults are just as likely to check their email as their Facebook account on a typical day; older adults still favor email.
More than four-in-ten internet users ages 50 and older now use social networking sites.
While cell phone ownership remained stable, usage of eight cell phone applications grew significantly over the past year among cell owners.
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