[lit-ideas] Re: Pew Internet Report on Instant Messaging (IM)
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:14:54 -0700
IM = Instant Messaging, the generic for all of these: AOL, Yahoo, etc.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:23 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Pew Internet Report on Instant Messaging (IM)
> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
>> >
>> > Please feel free to forward this email alert to colleagues, friends, or
>> > family members who might be interested in it. If you have received this
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>> >
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