May 23rd, 2008
37% of social network profile owners write a journal
| SNS profile owners |
Nonprofile owners |
Blog owners |
Non-blog owners |
|
| Types of non-school writing | ||||
| Letters or notes | 67% | 60% | 72% | 61% |
| Journal writing | 37 | 29 | 47 | 29 |
| Short writing | 35 | 27 | 42 | 28 |
| Music or lyrics | 28 | 20 | 32 | 22 |
| Creative writing | 26 | 25 | 38 | 20 |
| Audio, video or PowerPoint presentations |
15 | 17 | 21 | 14 |
| Essays | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Computer programs | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Frequency of non-school writing | ||||
| Several times a week or more |
38 | 35 | 47 | 33 |
| Several times a month or less often |
55 | 52 | 45 | 57 |
| Never | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||
