Mining PEW

Lenhart, A.  (2012).  Teens and online videos.  PEW Internet.  Retrieved on July 28, 2014       from http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/05/03/teens-online-video/


This short report discusses teens and their use of online videos.  It indicates that almost 40% of teens use online video chats regardless of their age.  Girls are more likely to chat online than boys.  Just over one-fourth of teens also either upload or record videos.  Teens who are older do this more often.  Just over 10% use livestreaming so that others may watch their videos.  White teens are more likely to use video chat than their Latino counterparts as well as teens who are from a higher economic and educational status when compared to those who are of lower economic and educational status.  Lastly, teens who use social media are more likely to participate in these online video behaviors.  

The title of this report caught my attention.  I didn't realize it was going to be so short though.  But, it was still interesting and informative.  I learned that teens are not just watching videos like I thought they were.  They're also participating in video chats and uploading or recording videos, and livestreaming them too. I'm not surprised that girls video chat more than boys do and that white teens use them more than Latinos.  It makes sense to me that kids who use social media participate in online video behavior more than those who don't.

This report is from 2012 and the study was done in 2011.  So, with more and more teens having access to smartphones, I expect that the figures mentioned above have probably increased by now and will continue to do so in the future.

Report Length:  13 pages
Count to date:  53/150