The report, written by Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart and Associate Director Susannah Fox, says that bloggers are avid consumers and creators of online content. They are also heavy users of the internet in general. Forty-four percent of bloggers have taken material they find online — like songs, text, or images — and remixed it into their own artistic creation. By comparison, just 18% of all internet users have done this. A whopping 77% of bloggers have shared something online that they created themselves, like their own artwork, photos, stories, or videos. By comparison, 26% of internet users have done this.
“Blogs are as individual as the people who keep them, but this survey shows that most bloggers are primarily interested in creative, personal expression,” said Lenhart. “Blogs make it easy to document individual experiences, share practical knowledge, or just keep in touch with friends and family.” —Blogging is bringing new voices to the online world (PEW Internet & American Life Project)
Just quickly blogging this press release about the report.
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Wow... that 60x figure is mind-boggling.
Dr. Jerz: The same Pew Internet and American Life Poll that you cited also found that "Blogging is usually the first foray into authorship; bloggers blog to express themselves creatively and share personal experiences." Along the same lines, David Sifry (founder & CEO of Technorati) also has this interesting post on his blog (http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000432.html):
"The blogosphere is over 60 times bigger than it was only 3 years ago. New blog creation continues to grow. Technorati currently tracks over 75,000 new weblogs created every day, which means that on average, a new weblog is created every second of every day - and 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created. That's an increase both absolute and relative terms over just 3 months ago, when only 50.5% or 13.7 million blogs were active. In other words, even though there's a reasonable amount of tire-kicking going on, blogging continues to grow as a habitual activity. In addition to that, about 3.9 million bloggers update their blogs at least weekly." The social network continues to grow and multiply.
Thanks, Jerz! I am going to use this article in class.