[lit-ideas] Re: Pew Internet Report on Instant Messaging (IM)
- From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 16:23:38 -0400
Is IM an instant messaging program? Or are you just asking if anyone uses
instant messaging programs in general? I do. I use ICQ, MSN, and AIM.
Erin
Toronto
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From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 4:15 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Pew Internet Report on Instant Messaging (IM)
> 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
> www.andreas.com
>
>
>
> > - ---------- 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 messengers-or roughly 15
> > million American adults-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.
> >
> > "It comes as no surprise that instant messaging is especially popular
among
> > younger Americans because many more of their peers subscribe to IM
> > programs," said Eulynn Shiu, a research associate at the Pew Internet
> > Project who co-authored a report on the new findings. "Once one friend
> > becomes available via instant messenger, usage among peers grows
> > dramatically."
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > "There is no doubt that IM use will intensify," said Amanda Lenhart,
> > research specialist at the Pew Internet Project and co-author of the
report.
> > "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."
> >
> > 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 - 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 - 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
> > didn'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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