{"id":783,"date":"2009-07-13T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2016-02-27T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:02:20","slug":"are-teenagers-using-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2009\/07\/13\/are-teenagers-using-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Are teenagers using Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this link in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/weblogg-ed.com\">Will Richardson<\/a>&#8216;s twitter stream this morning about Twitter usage by teenagers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/msaleem_motwitter1.jpg\" style=\"float:right;padding:5px;\" \/>According to a 15-year-old intern at Morgan Stanley, Matthew Robson, teenagers eschew Twitter, don&#8217;t read newspapers and want ad-free music from online tools like Pandora, Slacker and Last.fm. From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/035e83fe-6f18-11de-9109-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1\">story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTeenagers do not use Twitter,\u201d he pronounced. Updating the micro-blogging service from mobile phones costs valuable credit, he wrote, and \u201cthey realise that no one is viewing their profile, so their tweets are pointless\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think we&#8217;ve all known that Facebook is getting more use than Twitter in this age group, though I suppose its good to hear it from someone in that demo.<\/p>\n<p>Have you seen Twitter usage among teenagers increasing or staying the same at your institution?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this link in Will Richardson&#8216;s twitter stream this morning about Twitter usage by teenagers. 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