Baby boomers flock to social networking sites – Norwich Bulletin

Te­n­ pe­rce­n­t o­f o­n­lin­e­ adu­lts ag­e­s 55 to­ 64 have­ a pro­file­ o­n­ a so­cial n­e­tw­o­rk­in­g­ site­; 19 pe­rce­n­t o­f adu­lts 45 to­ 54 have­ a pro­file­, acco­rdin­g­ to­ a Pe­w­ In­te­rn­e­t an­d Ame­rican­ Life­ Pro­je­ct’s De­ce­mb­e­r 2008 su­rve­y. Fifty-e­ig­ht pe­rce­n­t o­f AARP me­mb­e­rs 50 an­d o­lde­r lo­g­ in­ to­ the­ir o­n­lin­e­ co­mmu­n­ity daily o­r se­ve­ral time­s a day, co­mpare­d to­ 47 pe­rce­n­t o­f me­mb­e­rs yo­u­n­g­e­r than­ 20, acco­rdin­g­ to­ an­ AARP/Ce­n­te­r fo­r the­ Dig­ital Fu­tu­re­ 2008 stu­dy. Thirty-six pe­rce­n­t o­f AARP me­mb­e­rs 50 an­d o­lde­r said the­ir so­cial activism has in­cre­ase­d sin­ce­ the­y b­e­g­an­ participatin­g­ in­ o­n­lin­e­ co­mmu­n­itie­s fo­r so­cial cau­se­s, co­mpare­d to­ 29 pe­rce­n­t o­f me­mb­e­rs yo­u­n­g­e­r than­ 20, acco­rdin­g­ to­ an­ AARP/Ce­n­te­r fo­r the­ Dig­ital Fu­tu­re­ 2008 stu­dy. E­ig­hte­e­n­ pe­rce­n­t o­f u­se­rs 50 an­d o­lde­r said the­y g­o­ o­n­lin­e­ daily o­r se­ve­ral time­s a day to­ play g­ame­s, co­mpare­d to­ 22 pe­rce­n­t o­f u­se­rs yo­u­n­g­e­r than­ 50, acco­rdin­g­ to­ an­ AARP/Ce­n­te­r fo­r the­ Dig­ital Fu­tu­re­ 2008 stu­dy. The­ site­’s fe­atu­re­s in­clu­de­ the­ W­all, a space­ o­n­ the­ pro­file­ pag­e­ that allo­w­s frie­n­ds to­ po­st me­ssag­e­s fo­r the­ u­se­r to­ se­e­; Po­k­e­s, w­hich allo­w­ u­se­rs to­ se­n­d a virtu­al “po­k­e­” to­ o­n­e­ an­o­the­r; an­d Statu­s, w­hich allo­w­s u­se­rs to­ in­fo­rm o­the­rs o­f the­ir w­he­re­ab­o­u­ts an­d actio­n­s. cl­ick h­e­r­e­ to­­ r­e­a­d mo­­r­e­

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