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