social construct deck

7/31/2019 Social Construct Deck

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Networks


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700 Billion Minutes are spent on

Facebook every month. Thats up from

150 Billion the year before.

(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)


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There are 500 million active Face-

book users. Half of them access

Facebook via mobile devices.

They are twice as active as

non-mobile users.

(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)


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YouTube exceeds 2 billion

videos viewed per day,

up from 1 billion the year

before, and up from100 million in 2006.

(http://www.website-

monitoring.com/blog/

2010/05/17/youtube-

facts-and-figures-history-statistics/)


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There are 5 billion

images hosted on

Flickr, as opposed

to 12.5 million in theLibrary of Congress

Catalog.

(http://blog.flickr.net/

en/2010/09/

19/500000

0000/), (Fy2009)


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Digital vs. Analog

Relationships


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1 in 6 marriages occurred from people meeting

online, more than twice as many that met in

bars, clubs, and other social events combined

(CMB STUDY)


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An average

American Internet

user has an overall

network of 669 ties,

compared to 506

ties to non-users.

(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 23)


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A Facebook user is

43% more likely to be

trusting than other in-

ternet users, and morethan three times as

likely as non-internet

users.



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The average American has 2.16 people with whom theydiscuss important matters (core contacts), thats up from

1.93 core contacts in 2008. A Facebook user has 9%

closer core ties than other Internet users.



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Technology Isolation


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Social networking users have 20% more

diverse social networks than people who

do not use the Internet.

(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 11)


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Internet users are 26% less likely to rely on neighbors

for help with small services, but they remain as likely

to help their neighbors with the same activities.



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In person contact remains the dominant means of communication with core

network contacts. On average, there is face-to-face contact with each tie 210

out of 365 days per year, followed by mobile phone contact (195 days per year),

text messaging (125 days per year), and then cards and letters (8 per year).



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Resources


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Highlights

Social Networks

700 Billion Minutes are spent on Facebook every month. Thats

up from 150 billion the year before.(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

500 million active Facebook users, 250 million access via mobiledevices.(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as

active on Facebook than non-mobile users.(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

YouTube exceeds 2 billion videos viewed per day, up from 1 billion

the year before, and up from 100 million in 2006.

(http://www.website-monitoring.com/blog/2010/05/17/you-tube-facts-and-figures-history-statistics/)

There are 5 billion images hosted on Flickr, as opposed to 12.5

million in the Library of Congress Catalog.(http://blog.flickr.net/en/2010/09/19/5000000000/), (Fy2009)

1 in 6 marriages occurred from people meeting online, more than

twice as many that met in bars, clubs, and other social events

combined.

(CMB Study)

1 out of 5 people in a committed relationship met their significant

other online.(CMB Study)

In 2009, 20% of teens checked social media more than 10 times

per day, 39% have posted things they later regretted, 37% had

used social media to make fun of other teens. 28% shared per-

sonal information that they normally wouldn't have shared in

public.(http://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/news/press-releas-

es/social-networking-changing-childhood)

PIP Social Networking Sites and Our Lives

The average American has 2.16 people with whom they discuss

important matters (core contacts), thats up from 1.93 core contacts

in 2008. A Facebook user has 9% closer core ties than other Inter-

net users.(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 4)

A Facebook user is 43% more likely to be trusting than other inter-

net users, and more than three times as likely as non-internet users.(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 4)

An average American Internet user has an overall network of 669

ties, compared to 506 ties to non-users.(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 23)

The average user of SNS has high close ties and is half as likely tobe socially isolated as the average American.(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 24)

PIP Tech and Social Isolation

In person contact remains the dominant means of communication

with core network contacts. On average, there is face-to-face con-

tact with each tie 210 out of 365 days per year, followed by mobilephone contact (195 days per year), text messaging (125 days per

year), and then cards and letters (8 per year).(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 8)

Internet users are 26% less likely to rely on neighbors for help with

small services, but they remain as likely to help their neighbors with

the same activities.(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 10)

Social networking users have 20% more diverse social networksthan people who do not use the Internet.(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 11)

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