Friday, July 9, 2010

Americans 'kickstart' their morning with Facebook

July 09, 2010

Washington:
Americans are increasingly obsessed with Facebook and many young women check their page even before using the bathroom in the morning, according to a poll.

Thirty-four per cent of the women aged 18 to 34 surveyed by Lightspeed Research for Oxygen Media said checking Facebook was the first thing they did in the morning, even before washing their face or brushing their teeth.

Twenty-per cent admitted they sneak a peek at Facebook during the night while 26% said they get up in the middle of the night to read text messages.


Thirty-nine per cent of the 1,605 social media users aged 18 to 54 surveyed for Oxygen Media, a service of entertainment giant NBC Universal, in May and June described themselves as 'Facebook addicts.'

Fifty-seven per cent of the women aged 18 to 35 said they talk to people online more than face-to-face and 31% said feel more confident about their online persona than their real life one.

Forty-eight per cent of the young women said they find out about news through Facebook while 41% said they use Twitter to keep up to date. Fifty per cent of single women aged 18 to 34 said it's okay to meet and date other singles they meet through Facebook compared with 65% of single men.

Six per cent of the young single women use it as a way to "hook up". Men aged 18 to 34 are also more likely than female counterparts to break up using Facebook - 24% for men compared with 9% for women, survey found.

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