Entries Tagged as 'online behaviour'

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Social Web Pips Porn

Apparently social networks are so hot they are more popular than porn.  As reported by Reuters, Bill Tancer and Hitwise have analysed data from over 10 million users the results of which, Tancer claims, reflects not just what’s happening on-line but also a broader view of people’s behaviour and society.
According to Tancer one of the [...]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Employees choose social networking workplaces

Poking 9 to 5.
Bosses who block access to MySpace and Facebook at work risk losing valuable staff to other companies, new research has found.
Almost half of those who use MySpace and Facebook during work hours say they would refuse a job where they were not allowed access to social networking sites, according to the study [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

‘the Internet has created the greatest generation gap since rock n roll’

As quoted in the documentary Growing up Online aired on SBS last night. It’s about the first generation of children to come of age on the Internet. As some experts and kids point out in the film, adults didn’t grow up in an era when it was culturally acceptable to pour your most private self, or [...]

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Let’s get physical, physical

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Searches for beauty and body treatments on yellow.com.au have spiked since 2001.
A Yellow directory spokesman says the figures not only reflect the general growth in the use of the internet but provide insights into social trends. “Even the way we exercise has changed,” he says. ”For example, Sydneysiders could have burned fat in 1980 [...]