Three In Five Teens Visit Social Networking Sites

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Found on: publications.mediapost.com

Media Post Publications is reporting some really interesting statistics:

MORE THAN THREE OUT OF five Web users between the ages of 13 and 17 have visited social networking sites like MySpace, with the majority of those who visit also joining such sites, according to a new study of teens' online media habits by Burst Media.

Teens also gave the Web high marks for providing information about entertainment. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said the Internet was the best source for information about music acts; teens' impression of TV, radio and word-of-mouth was not as favorable, with about 17 percent citing each of those media as the best source for information about bands. In addition, 26 percent of respondents said Web sites were the best places to learn about TV shows they like or new movies, compared to television (29 percent), word of mouth (16 percent), local newspapers (10 percent), magazines (6 percent), and radio (3 percent).

Myspace cost Rupert and Fox $600m but with numbers like this, the skys the limit to what Myspace can be worth one day...sucks for Tom.