Social media I use (21 year old, spectator/joiner):

• Facebook• Twitter• WordPress (blog)• Engadget (blog)• Deadspin (blog)• Random help forums for

problems I’m having• Escapist Magazine video game

forums• YouTube viewing• Occasional YouTube posting• Listening to several podcasts• Occasionally commenting on a

blog or podcast• Product reviews• LinkedIn

Social media my parents use (approx. 50 years old,

inactive/spectator):

• Facebook• Occasional YouTube viewing• Product reviews

My mobile phone use

• Phone calls• Texting• E-mail• Picture-taking• Picture-sending• Internet browsing• Streaming radio• Streaming music player• Twitter• Facebook• Reading blogs• YouTube viewing• Casual games• Maps/directions

My parents’ mobile phone use:

• Phone calls• Occasional picture-taking (not

sending)

My potential social media use expansion:

• Increased Facebook use (radio show page, etc.)

• Increased Twitter use• Greatly increased creation of

blogs and blog posts• Use of

Digg/Reddit/Delicious/etc. to find articles of interest

• More use of LinkedIn to further my professional career

• Podcast creation

My parents’ potential social media use expansion:

• Slightly expanded use of Facebook (posting more pictures, etc.)

• Increased YouTube viewing• Possible contributions to forums

of interest• Reading blogs about interests