06-15-12 More than one in 10 Internet-using teens ages 12-17 (13%) stream video live online for other people to watch, according to the Pew Research Center. Likewise, 37% of Internet- using teens participate in video chats, and 27% record and upload video to the Internet.
Internet-using boys and girls are nearly equally likely to record and upload videos (28% vs. 26%), a significant shift from 2006 when 19% of boys and only 10% of girls uploaded video content.
Teens who visit social networks — 80% of Internet-using teens — are more likely to record and upload video than teens who do not use social media (31% vs. 10%). Furthermore, 16% of teens use Twitter, and of that group, 46% record and upload video, nearly double the teen uploaders who do not use Twitter (24%).
Girl Internet users are more likely than boy users to video chat with others (42% vs. 33%). Choices that teens make about their online privacy — such as whether they make their profiles private — do not correlate to their likelihood of steaming video.
Hispanic teens are the race/ethnicity least likely to use video chat, upload and record content, or stream.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, 1615 L St., NW, #700, Washington, DC 20036; 202-419-4500; www.pewinternet.org.
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