I received the link a couple of times, Andrew Watts’ “A Teenager’s View on Social Media written by an actual teen.” I didn’t share it myself, danah boyd now explains why in this post I do share. She is both harsh and correct. A first excerpt: Andrew’s depiction of his peers’ use of social media is… Read More For anyone who shared the post by a real teen on social media: read this post by danah boyd
With the Christmas-spirit surrounding me, an interesting study about charity and social media. Professor Kimberley Scharf analysed data from JustGiving.com and found a negative correlation between the size of a group and the amount of money given by each donor — with the average contribution by each person dropping by two pence for every extra connection someone… Read More People with fewer friends on Facebook raise more money for charity than those with lots of connections
2 weeks ago I gave a public speech for a group of marketeers. At first I was a bit surprised, as I’m an educational scientist by default, but they wanted to hear my opinion on the use of big data and youth. Fair enough. When preparing my speech and in the aftermath, I made up… Read More Suggesting a possible scale for Big Data: pleasing – creeping – freaking
A recent joint project by Nickelodeon Kids & Family GPS, MultiChannel Network and BabyCenter sought to understand how technology and content have affected modern moms. This study, “Paranoid or Prepared?,” combines both qualitative and quantitative analysis of more than 1,500 respondents across Australia (source). Here are some key insights and takeaways from this project: Though moms… Read More How does technology affects mums? VIMN examined it in Australia
I admit, I really, really don’t like football (or soccer for the people who think I’m talking about another sport). So I’m really looking forward to the post-world cup era. Still some of you maybe are interested in this survey MTV commissioned of young people across eight of its key regions, including Australia, UK, France, Latin… Read More How do young people around the world think about the World Cup? (MTV research)
It sounds great, this report by MTV, still one might ask if they rather describe an age group rather than a generation: They’re optimistic about the future. Instead of a sense that things are already improving, Millennials have an attitude that things can only get better than they are now. Tomorrow has to be better than… Read More MTV Knowing Youth: What Millennials think life will be like for them in the year 2020
Ok, this is a bit off topic, but I thought it a funny insight from a new study: After looking at 1.1 million online reviews for 840,000 restaurants in more than 32,000 cities across the country, researchers have found that the weather outside can be just as significant a factor for reviews as what happens inside… Read More Don’t rain on my… restaurant? A rainy day can ruin online restaurant review
We’re closer to 2020 than we are to 2000, so it’s not that bad idea to look forward. What do Millennials think the world will be like in 2020? This was the driving question of a new study by Viacom International Media Networks, “MTV Knowing Youth: 2020 Vision.” This report was based on an online survey of… Read More VIMN-study: What do Millennials think the world will be like in 2020?
VIMN is releasing quite a lot of research. This new post they’ve published focuses on the role of technology in the lives on children around the world. What devices do they have access to, how do they use them, and what is their relationship to TV content across a variety of screens? Nickelodeon answered these… Read More VIMN-research on kids worldwide and their technology