Friday, February 19, 2010
How much teens text: Latest data
Labels: mobile communications, social media research, teen communicators, texting
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Fresh look at teen cellphone use: Pew memo
As a parent, I thought for sure they were all texting more than talking, but maybe that's only recently (on pins and needles for the new Pew mobile study). [Nielsen Mobile did report last fall that Americans as a whole sent more text messages than made phone calls, starting the first quarter of 2007, according to a New York Times item I blogged about.] In Pew's 2008 numbers, 94% of teens had used their mobile phones to call friends and 76% have sent text messages, about 20% of them sending text messages daily.
But cellphones aren't teens' only social tool, of course. About a quarter (26%) of all teens "send messages (emails, instant messages, group messages) through social-networking sites," Pew says, "and 43% of teens who use social networks send messages daily. Similarly, another 26% of teens send and receive instant messages on a daily basis and 16% send email every day. And beyond social networking, "77% of teens own a game console like an Xbox or a PlayStation, 74% own an iPod or mp3 player," 60% use a desktop or laptop computer, and 55% own a handheld gaming device, Pew reports. [Meanwhile, moms haven't been left in the dusty - they're flocking to smartphones like iPhones and BlackBerries, CNET reports. Smartphones are the fastest-growing category of phones, and "about 14% of all wireless users who identified themselves as mothers said they owned a smartphone," up from 8.3% in the first quarter of 2008, CNET adds, citing Nielsen Mobile figures.]
Labels: cellphones, mobile phones, Pew/Internet, smartphones, teen communicators, texting talking
Friday, October 03, 2008
Teen uber-texters
Labels: cellphones, teen communicators, texting
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Silently advertising to teens
Labels: mobile advertising, teen communicators
Monday, August 04, 2008
P2P online-safety ed program
Labels: connected teens, online safety education, social networking, teen communicators
Friday, December 21, 2007
'Teens rule the Web'
Labels: media sharing, social networking, teen communicators
Sunday, September 09, 2007
CA may ban teen tech use in cars
Labels: driving laws, teen communicators
Thursday, August 23, 2007
'Old guys' on Facebook
Labels: parenting, teen communicators
Friday, July 20, 2007
How teens use tech
Labels: email, media sharing, social networking, teen communicators
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