Online Dating [Infographic], Online Dating & Relationships Report | Pew Research Center; How I Hacked Online Dating | Amy Webb | TED

Posted on October 21, 2013 by infophile

Online Dating & Relationships | Pew Research Center

Overview
One in ten Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app; 66% of these online daters have gone on a date with someone they met through a dating site or app, and 23% have met a spouse or long term partner through these sites. Public attitudes toward online dating have become more positive in recent years, but many users also report negative experiences.

These are among the results of a national survey of dating and relationships in the digital era, the first dedicated study of this subject by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project since 2005. Key findings include:

11% of internet users (representing 9% of all American adults) say that they have personally used an online dating site. As recently as 2008, just 3% of American adults had used online dating sites.
7% of cell phone apps users (representing 3% of all American adults) say that they have used a dating app on their cell phone.

Taken together, 11% of all American adults are “online daters”—meaning they have used a dating site or mobile dating app. Online dating is especially common among the college-educated and those in their mid-20’s through mid-40’s, and 38% of Americans who are currently single and actively looking for a partner have used online dating at one point or another. See the online report or download the pdf.

Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating | TED.com
Amy Webb was having no luck with online dating. The dates she liked didn’t write her back, and her own profile attracted crickets (and worse). So, as any fan of data would do: she started making a spreadsheet. Hear the story of how she went on to hack her online dating life — with frustrating, funny and life-changing results.

Online Dating [Infographic] | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

Librarians in the Digital Age [Infographic] | USC Online Library Science Degree

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Why Are Infographics So Popular? [Infographic] | Marketing Technology Blog

Posted on October 15, 2013 by infophile

According to Graphs.net, research shows that the search volume for Infographics has increased by a whopping 800% between 2010 and 2012. Wow! At the same time, there’s been an explosion of popularity with visual content – from technologies like Postano to platforms like Pinterest. Visual mediums aren’t going anywhere… I believe their popularity will continue to grow over the next few years.

via Why Are Infographics So Popular? [Infographic] | Marketing Technology Blog

Which Governments Prioritize Privacy and Which Lay On the Spying? [Infographic] | Gizmodo

Posted on October 13, 2013 by infophile

Privacy is on everyones’ minds in the U.S. since revelations about the NSA exploded. You can’t talk on the phone about some casual pot smoking anymore without your friend making the, “Hi NSA!” joke. And apparently for good reason.

So Backgroundchecks.org pulled together a bunch of sources to make a global privacy scoreboard and rank the top five best and top five worst countries in terms of government surveillance. It

‘s interesting to see how governments go about monitoring different media and why. Better luck next time Bahrain and Nigeria, but nicely done Spain.

via Which Governments Prioritize Privacy and Which Lay On the Spying?.