<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e2fa925f-b5ba-42f1-b024-411a865b049c/1A817580-2A2E-4617-936F-8B4E5762AEAA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/2007/01/half-of-all-american-teens-are-content_12.html" href="http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/2007/01/half-of-all-american-teens-are-content_12.html" style="font-size: 11px;">overtonecomm.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/2007/01/half-of-all-american-teens-are-content_12.html"><DIV>It was quite interesting and reminded me a little of Second Life with its avatars and social networking. So, a few days ago when the Pew Internet Research released its <A href="http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/198/report_display.asp">newest study about teens</A> showing that more than half (55 percent) of all online American’s aged 12 to 17 use online social networking sites (<A href="http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_SNS_Data_Memo_Jan_2007.pdf">pdf of report memo</A>).</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/2007/01/half-of-all-american-teens-are-content_12.html"><DIV>This means that half of all American teens can be considered content creators. A vast majority of teens (91 percent) use these sites as a way to keep in touch with real-life friends and with friends they rarely see in person (82 percent).</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://overtonecomm.blogspot.com/2007/01/half-of-all-american-teens-are-content_12.html"><DIV>So, what happens when these content creators and social networkers enter the workforce in a few years?</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1A817580-2A2E-4617-936F-8B4E5762AEAA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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