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Discriminatory language is as pervasive on sites like Facebook and Twitter as it was a couple of years ago, but fewer teens and young adults seem to be OK with that, a recent survey found.
About half of young people reported seeing discriminatory language or images posted on social-networking sites, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by the Associated Press-National Opinion Research Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV. Roughly the same findings were made in a 2011 survey.
The language might include misogynistic and homophobic words and phrases such as thats so gay. Many young people use such language, the survey found, to try to be funny or because they think its cool.
But that thinking might be changing. Compared to 2011, nearly 20 percent fewer teenagers and people in their early 20s said it was OK for them and their friends to use discriminatory language around each other, even when they know they dont mean it, the survey found.
Also, nearly 80 percent of young people said its important for people who use slurs or discriminatory language online to be held accountable for their actions, according to the survey.
The AP-NORC centers survey was conducted to get a better look at discrimination and bullying trends online, and to see how teenagers and young adults respond to it. Some of the groups most frequently targeted by discriminatory language are people who are overweight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, those who question their gender identity, blacks, and women, the survey found. The most popular sites for hurtful language were YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and gaming networks like Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
However, its unclear from the survey results whether teenagers and young adults would really do anything to stop the use of such language, based on the survey results. Less than half said they would intervene if they saw someone using discriminatory language or images on social media, a 15 percent decline from 2011, the survey found.
Sixty percent said they would take action if the language were used in person. But whether its online or in the real world, many said they wouldnt intervene because they wouldnt feel comfortable doing so.
Tumblr, Snapchat and Reddit had less discriminatory language than other social media sites, according to the survey.
The survey included more than 1,200 people ages 14-24 who were interviewed in September and October.
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Indians are increasingly logging into their Facebook and Twitter accounts, with the country recording the highest social networking growth of 37.4 per cent this year, according to a new study.
India will also have the worlds largest Facebook population by 2016, according to research firm eMarketer.
India, with the highest growth this year, will increase the user numbers by 37.4 per cent, while Indonesias numbers will climb 28.7 per cent and Mexico will grow its social network user base by 21.1 per cent.
All the three countries are also high-growth areas for Facebook, the worlds largest social network, which eMarketer estimates will reach a worldwide monthly user base of 1.026 billion this year.
The US remains the single country with the largest number of Facebook users, at 146.8 million this year, and India comes in a distant second.
But with Indias large population and high expected growth rate, eMarketer believes the country will develop the largest Facebook population of any country in the world by 2016.
Since Facebook is banned in China, eMarketer assumes there are no users of the social network in the country.
Growth in the number of social network users around the world may be slowing, but it shows little signs of stopping, based on eMarketers latest forecast of internet, broadband and social network users worldwide.
This year, eMarketer estimates that 1.61 billion people will log in to social networking sites at least monthly, from any electronic device.
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