Thirty- and Fortysomethings Rule the Web

If you think the Web belongs to a young cult of song-swapping, virus-writing, instant-messaging, cell phone-using, blog-writing video game players, that idea just got Ctrl+Alt+Deleted by a recently released study.

In terms of sweat equity, the Net belongs to the thirty- and fortysomethings who are building blogs, posting photographs and sharing ideas on bulletin boards. Those are the findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which reports that 44% of Internet users have created content for the whole online world. And of those 44% of content creators, nearly 50% are college-educated men and women ages 30 to 49.

[Source: Chicago Tribune]