Not by much less, but the point is that too many drivers of all ages are texting while driving. Teens are not alone. The Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 27% of US adults have texted while driving, while 26% of 16- and 17-year-old drivers have. And a lot more adults have talked on their cellphones (61%) while driving than teens have (43%). What this suggests is that we adults … [Read more...] about Teens text while driving less than adults: Study
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72% of US teens are daily texters: Study
For US teens, texting beats social networking by far for daily communication with peers, according to a Pew/Internet Project report released today. Nearly three-quarters (72%, up from 51% in 2006) of US teens send text messages daily, and 88% of teen cellphone users do. "Half of teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day, or … [Read more...] about 72% of US teens are daily texters: Study
Haiti: Texting, social Web connecting survivors with help
Struggling earthquake survivors in Haiti can now text for help. "Countless volunteers" receiving the messages, the US State Department, the Pentagon, aid organizations, and Haiti's leading cellphone carrier make up an emergency contact network for Haitians seeking aid, the New York Times reports. The story leads with the experience of Coast Guard volunteer and Chicago tech firm owner Ryan Bank, … [Read more...] about Haiti: Texting, social Web connecting survivors with help
How much teens text: Latest data
US 13-to-17-year-olds send or receive "an average of 3,146 texts a month each" – an average of 10 text messages an hour for every hour they're not either sleeping or in school, MarketingVox.com reports, citing the latest Nielsen figures. For 9-to-12-year-olds, the average is 1,146 texts a month or four an hour. The teen figure was for third quarter 2009, the tween one for the fourth quarter. … [Read more...] about How much teens text: Latest data
‘Sext education’: US- and Canada-based resources
Citing new US figures showing that two-thirds of 8-to-18-year-olds own cellphones, Canada's CBC points to a new Web site designed to educate people about texting – textED.ca – "set up by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, in partnership with Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association." The CBC says it includes "sext ed," but I don't see much in the site specifically about … [Read more...] about ‘Sext education’: US- and Canada-based resources