Young adults and how they spend their time online

Susan Mernit has a a great post on her blog with her notes from a talk she gave at the American Press Institute. It describes the online habits of the Millennial Generation (18-35 yo).

It was interesting for me to see how many well educated editors had never heard from services like LinkedIn, Bloglines, Technorati, Orkut, and a bunch of other things that young people use and that some of us take for granted. Adoption for all this new stuff is still pretty low…

One thing that I did not see on the list but was expecting is online gaming (both computer and online-enabled game consoles)…

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One Response to “Young adults and how they spend their time online”

  1. Hi–we discussed online gaming, but mostly in passing–referenced game syndication company Arkadium, the Sims, Everquest, UO.
    S

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