Texting doesn't just beat out social networking for teens by more than 2 to 1, as Pew/Internet reported last spring, it also beats driving. Parent and Forbes writer Jim Motavalli has both anecdotal and numerical evidence, and I'm seeing the exact same thing at my house and in the research. Motavalli's just-turned-16-year-old is entirely ho-hum about getting her driver's license, and that was the … [Read more...] about Texting beats driving for teens
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Latest on cellphone use of Americans 13+
More than 230 million Americans aged 13 and up used mobile phones this past July, according to comScore's just-released figures, a little less than one-quarter of those phones were smartphones (basically media and app phones). Here's comScore's breakdown of phone-based activities: Two-thirds sent text messages; one-third used their phone's Web browser; 31.4% downloaded apps; 22.3% played games, … [Read more...] about Latest on cellphone use of Americans 13+
The Net to youth: No big deal
It's symptomatic to me that the headline – "Logging Off: The Internet Generation Prefers the Real World" – contradicts the story. Symptomatic of the conclusions or pronouncements to which many of us adults, including editors (who write the headlines), so quickly jump, where young tech users are concerned. The Der Spiegel story, by Manfred Dworschak, tells of 17-year-old Jetlir in Cologne, one … [Read more...] about The Net to youth: No big deal
Americans’ social media use up 43%: Nielsen
The US's 43% social-media surge in the past year led "a substantial shift in how the country spends its online time," Advertising Age reports, citing Nielsen research. From June 2009 to this past June, "the time spent on social media accessed from PCs rose from 15.8% ... to 22.7%," with social networking topping the list of American's favorite online activity and gaming passing up email for the … [Read more...] about Americans’ social media use up 43%: Nielsen
Moms’ tech concerns & countermeasures: Survey
To me, the most interesting slide in the BlogHer/Parenting magazine national survey of moms is the one about the difference between their fears vs. their kids' experience of what they fear: Mothers' biggest concern, quite naturally, is inappropriate communications with an adult online (62% share this concern), but only 1% of moms surveyed said their kids had experienced such communication. Next … [Read more...] about Moms’ tech concerns & countermeasures: Survey