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Study Shows Racial Divisions on Social Networks

by Tim Stevens on November 29, 2007 at 01:17 PM

Study Shows Racial Divisions on Social NetworksNotiong of the online realm ushering in a new age free of any racial and societal divisions may be somewhat misplaced if the results of a new study out are to be believed. The study, which polled 1,000 college freshmen entering Northwestern University, showed that clearly divided lines exist among the various social networks preferred by various races.

For example, white students tended to prefer Facebook, Hispanic students were more likely to sign up for MySpace, while Asian-Americans were most likely to use Xanga and Friendster. The results are interesting if not exactly surprising, but given the rather limited sample here (just 1,000 students compared to the hundreds of millions of registrants on MySpace alone), we 'd advise readers to not be too quick in drawing sweeping conclusions here.

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