Statistics

To know how to effectively use media in today's society, we must first observe statistics that will help us gain a greater appreciation for the technology we have today. Take a look at these statistics provided to us by Emily.

Positive Stats:

• 96% of students with internet access report using social networking technologies
• 59% use these tools to talk about educational topics online
• Social media has revolutionized the classroom
• 59% of schools say their students use social networking for educational purposes
• Studies show engagement in class discussions more than doubled when students were asked to participate using Twitter.
• Communication between teachers and parents is increased through the use of social media http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/schools-social-media-stats_b46620

• Social Media Pilot Program - Portland Oregon showed:
• 50% increase in grades
• 1/3 reduction in chronic absenteeism. The school met it's adequate yearly progress goal for the first time in history
• 20% of students were completing extra assignments for no credit
• http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/schools-social-media-stats_b46620

General Stats:

• 35 global heads of state, every US Cabinet agency, 84% of US state governors, every major candidate for US President, and more than 40% of top global religious leaders are on Twitter.

• In July 2012 Americans spent 74.0 billion minutes on social media via a home computer, 40.8 billion minutes via apps, and 5.7 billion minutes via mobile web browsers, a total of 121.1 billion minutes on social networking sites

• Social networking sites are a top news source for 27.8% of Americans, ranking below newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and print publications (6%). http://socialnetworking.procon.org/

• The average age when a child begins regularly consuming online media is 8​
• There are about 5 million Facebook users under the age of 10​
• 25% of teens log into to social media 10+ times per day
• Only 50% of parents have installed parental controls for their children online interactions​
• 72% worry that their children will reveal inappropriate information online​ http://www.gcsu.edu/adp/docs/social_media_issue_guide_1_.pdf

Source: http://www.frankwbaker.com/mediause.htm

• Of the active adult users of Facebook, 66% reported they did not know privacy controls existed on Facebook and/or they did not know how to use the privacy controls. (Consumer Reports, June 2011)
• Here's an interesting group of stats:

Teens often include the following information on their social networking profiles:

o   Real age (50%)

o   Photos of themselves (62%)

o   City they live in (41%)

o   School name/location (45%)

o   Videos of friends (16%)

o   Videos of themselves (14%)

o   Their cell phone number (14%)

o   Places where they typically go (9%)

http://www.internetsafety101.org/Socialmediastats.htm​

• 72% of teens have a social networking profile and nearly half (47%) have a public profile viewable by anyone. http://www.internetsafety101.org/Socialmediastats.htm​

Negative Stats

• 51% of children say they’ve been bullied online, and 49% say they have been the online bully​ http://www.gcsu.edu/adp/docs/social_media_issue_guide_1_.pdf

• Students who used social networking sites while studying scored 20% lower on tests and students who used social media had an average GPA of 3.06 versus non-users who had an average GPA of 3.82. http://socialnetworking.procon.org/

• 29% of Internet sex crime relationships were initiated on a social networking site. (Journal of Adolescent Health 27, 2010)​