Twitter, Facebook have greater impact on girls than boys

May 20, 2010 06:40 pm | Updated November 11, 2016 06:02 am IST - London

Social networking figured as a top priority for girls in a recently concluded survey.

Social networking figured as a top priority for girls in a recently concluded survey.

Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook have greater impact on girls than boys, a new survey has revealed.

The study, commissioned by National Family Week, surveyed 3,000 parents and 1,000 children across Britain, reported telegraph.co.uk Thursday.

The findings show that social networking had a bigger impact on girls than boys.

When asked to name what is most important to them, the top three choices for girls were popularity and having friends, followed by family, and then social networking sites.

However, the top three priorities for boys were family, followed by money and then popularity and having friends.

Just six percent of boys chose social networking, compared to almost 40 percent of girls.

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