Suzanne Choney from MSNBC reported on 21 Oct 2009 that based on a new study from Pew Internet & American Life Project, nearly one in five Internet users is tweeting on Twitter or using another service to share personal and business updates, or to see updates about others. This means an increase to 19% from 11% last spring, 2009. Pew attributes the Twitter rise to three types of Internet users: those who already are familiar with social networking sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace; those between the ages of 18 and 44; and those who connect to the Net wirelessly using mobile devices.
"I would have been surprised if we had not seen growth in Twitter and status updates since there is so much media coverage of it, from movie stars tweeting their thoughts to news anchors reading tweets on air," said Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and one of the authors of the study.
1 comment:
I think Oprah really helped. :)
Post a Comment