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The Social Media Generation Gap (Infographic)

Recent research on social media use reveals some surprising data on the differences between adults and teenagers.

Recent studies from the Pew Research Center shed some light on how digital-native teenagers use social media, and how their habits compare to adults who remember a time when "Facebook" might have been a visually oriented coffee table book.

This infographic from NextAdvisor shows that while teens do edge out adults in overall social media use, adults tend to be earlier adopters, and actually constitute a greater percentage of users on certain platforms, like Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram.
 

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Noelle Knell is the executive editor for e.Republic, responsible for setting the overall direction for e.Republic’s editorial platforms, including Government Technology, Governing, Industry Insider, Emergency Management and the Center for Digital Education. She has been with e.Republic since 2011, and has decades of writing, editing and leadership experience. A California native, Noelle has worked in both state and local government, and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, with majors in political science and American history.