[lit-ideas] Re: Pew Internet Report on Instant Messaging (IM)
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:40:42 EDT
I do (and I'm well over 32), my husband does, my Mother does, my 38 year old
brother does....I really think the practice is pretty pervasive. I use it
frequently to talk to people about serious issues when I want a) to not be
interrupted by noise like children in the background or b) to retain
information
and don't want to write it all down by hand -- e.g., IMing my husband re.
business figures or my brother for sheet-rocking instructions (logging is one
of
the best features of IMs). We won't talk about my middle schooler who has
been caught IMing and talking on the phone to the same person at the same
time....
Julie Krueger
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here's a study on use of Instant Messaging (IM).
they claim that 42% of American internet users are using IM.
I seriously doubt this. Asides from myself, I don't know anyone over the age
of 32 who uses
IM (and nearly all over the age of 32 don't even know what IM is).
does anyone here use IM?
i use IM fairly often, but it's not even 5% of my online communication.
that's mostly email.
IM works, but it's distracting. with email, one can do many things between
the exchanges.
IM is not really for business use: that's obvious because of the games and
other features.
i've turned all of that off.
my YIM is argentina.
yrs,
andreas
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> - ---------- Forwarded Message: ----------
> Subject: Pew Internet Report on Instant Messaging
> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 9:38 am
>
> 53 Million American Adult Internet Users use Instant Messaging
> 24% of Them Use IM more Frequently Than Email,
> IM Also Gains a Following in U.S. Workplaces
>
> For the full report, please visit:
> http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=133
>
> Some 42% of online Americans use instant messaging, and 24% of instant
> messagers say they use IM more frequently than email. This translates to
53
> million American adults who instant message and over 12 million who IM
more
> than emailing. On a typical day, 29% of instant messengersâ??or roughly 15
> million American adultsâ??use IM.
>
> The new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project also finds
that
> instant messaging is especially popular among younger adults and
technology
> enthusiasts. 62% of Gen Y Americans (those ages 18-27) report using IM.
> Within the instant messaging Gen Y age group, 46% report using IM more
> frequently than email.
>
> â??It comes as no surprise that instant messaging is especially popular
among
> younger Americans because many more of their peers subscribe to IM
> programs,â?? said Eulynn Shiu, a research associate at the Pew Internet
> Project who co-authored a report on the new findings. â??Once one friend
> becomes available via instant messenger, usage among peers grows
> dramatically.â??
>
> IM is more than a tool for chatting. It is also a popular tool for
> self-expression. Instant messengers take advantage of customizable
features
> such as profiles and icons to enhance their online presence. A third of IM
> users (34%) have posted a profile for their IM screen name that others
can
> see, and nearly half (45%) post away messages when they are not available
to
> chat.
>
> Twenty-one percent of IM-ing Americans instant message at the office; they
> find it encourages interoffice cooperation and increases work
productivity.
> When asked who they contact most often during IM sessions at work, 40% of
> at-work IM users reported instant messaging coworkers, 33% reported
friends
> and family, and 21% interact with both groups equally.
>
> â??There is no doubt that IM use will intensify,â?? said Amanda Lenhart,
> research specialist at the Pew Internet Project and co-author of the
report.
> â??Younger Americans, in particular, have incorporated IM into their lives
in
> multiple ways, using it to keep track of their friends, coordinate work
> meetings, and share files. IM use at home and in the workplace will grow
as
> these creative and time-saving uses of the technology percolate through
the
> generations.â??
>
> July figures on Americans Internet use by the tracking firm comScore Media
> Metrix show that:
>
> # AOL Instant Message (the proprietary service to AOL subscribers) was
used
> by 37% of those who traded IMs during the month. On a typical day during
the
> month more than 5.7 million IM-ers were using this application.
>
> # Yahoo! Messenger was used by 33% of those who traded IMs during the
month.
> This was the single most popular service used at work and the average user
> of the application spent 423 minutes using the application during the
> month â?? the highest total among the applications.
>
> # AOL Instant Messenger (AIM Service) was used by 31% of those who traded
> IMs during the month. This application had the greatest reach among
college
> students and on any given day there were nearly 6 million people using the
> application, making it the most popular application on a typical day.
>
> # MSN Messenger Applications were used by 25% of those who traded IMs
during
> the month.
>
> Some other data highlights from the report:
>
> # IM users often send instant messages to people in the same location as
> they are: 24% of IM users say they have IM-ed a person who was in the same
> location as they were â?? such as their home, an office, or a classroom.
>
> # IM users are multi-taskers: 32% of IM users say they do something else
on
> their computer such as browsing the web or playing games virtually every
> time they are instant messaging and another 29% are doing something else
> some of the time they are IM-ing. In addition, 20% of IM users say they
do
> something else off their computer such as talk on the phone or watch
> television virtually every time they are instant messaging and another 30%
> say they do other things offline at least some of the time they are
IM-ing.
>
> # The IM universe of most users is very modest: 66% of IM users say they
> regularly IM between one and five people. Only 9% of IM users say they
> regularly IM more than 10 people.
>
> # 15% of IM users say they use a wireless device such as a phone or
wireless
> laptop to send and receive IM messages.
>
> # 17% of IM users use different screen names to contact different groups
of
> friends or colleagues.
>
> # 51% of IM users say they have received an unsolicited IM from someone
they
> didnâ??t know.
>
> The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a non-profit initiative,
> fully-funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts to explore the impact of the
> Internet on children, families, communities, health care, schools, the
work
> place, and civic/political life. The Project is non-partisan and does not
> advocate for any policy outcomes. For more information, please visit:
> http://www.pewinternet.org.
>
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