According to new research, the youth blogging trend in the US is being led by girls.
A quarter of girls aged 15 to 17 who are online blog, compared to 15% of boys. Of the younger teens, things are more equal with about 18% of both sexes blogging. The Pew American and Internet Life Project research also found that young people who did have blogs were far more likely to remix and share music and images. A third said they shared their own work — artwork, photos, stories, or video — with others online. Again, more girls do this than boys — 38% compared with 29%.
Nearly one in five who use the ‘net said they used other people’s images, audio or text to help make their own creations.
Interestingly, the teenagers who blogged (52%) were more likely to care about copyright issues than those who did not blog — maybe is this to due to the fact that they are now content creators themselves.
More findings are available on the BBC site.
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