t is evident that social media has changed the world of teens and adolescents. Young generation wants to connect with their friends and relatives through social media sites like face book, twitter and linked in. Below are statistics which displays the interest of young minds in current age:
· 83% of social media users have added comments to a friend’s picture.
· 77% post messages to friend’s page or wall.
· 71% send private messages to friends within the SNS.
· 66% post comments on a friend’s blog.
· 54% send bulletins or group messages to all their friends.
· 54% send IMs or text messages to friends through the SNS.
· 65% of online teens have a profile online.
· Girls especially are more likely to use SNS as compared to boys.
· 86% of girls between age group 15-17 have profile online as compared to 69% of boys of age group between 15-17.
· Some demographic factors are not significant like income and race/ethnicity for determining user’s interest in social media sites.