In MediaPost yesterday, Pangea Media released the results of a survey they did of tweens and teens who visit their site Quibblo.com. Of particular interest:
“Teens still rely the most on friends (77%) to find out about new brands, followed by seeing new brands in a store (71%) or on a TV commercial (51%).
However, it appears that social networks still have a long way to go when it comes to offering them ads and content around what’s cool. Asked to cite which social networking site had the ‘coolest’ information about new products or brands, 46% said neither [Facebook nor MySpace], followed by 23% who said MySpace. Accordingly, most (71%) responded that they are not ‘fans’ of a brand on a social networking site.”
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