I haven't seen a lot of Christian blogger buzz about it, despite widespread interest on the net for web 2.0 and church 2.0 products and practices.  Zdnet headlined their report, "Wired but not Web 2.0? That's normal, study says"--a pretty negative appraisal, it seems to me.  The report is about a study released by The Pew Internet & American Life Project.  According to Zdnet, the study claims only "8 percent of U.S. adults are "deep users" of Web 2.0 features."

The study presents a taxonomy of "ten tech personalities" including "omnivore," "lackluster veteran," and "productivity enhancer.” This taxonomy is used by one pastor to encourage others to think about what sort of congregation they have --an excellent way to use the information.

But  what about the report's negativity?

Well, in the first place, I'm mystified why the report did not include teenagers. If I were to guess, I would guess that probably there are legal issues with gathering data from minors through phone interviews.  But, as I blogged a few days ago (thanks to Cynthia Ware's post) youth are extremely involved in Web 2.0 services.

And that brings me to another point.  Does the study say anything about the rates in which these tech habits are changing?  As far as I can tell from my reading, the study basically gives us a static snapshot of web/phone use as it stands right now.  But if teens are a major factor, shouldn't we expect to see an increase in web 2.0 usage move to the young singles and young married couples in the not-too distant future?

In a sense, this report simply tells us that we are still starting at the ground floor.  If we want to capture the future, we will implement it now.

I have another idea how users of Connect Our People's community-building system might find some value in this report.  I'll blog about that tomorrow.