Friday, August 31, 2012

Trends in Teen Texting and Mobile Phones (2/3)

As a Director on the Board of Kajeet, Rick Bolander carefully monitors the mobile phone usage of teenagers and young people. Kajeet allows parents to implement controls on their children’s cellular activities.

The Pew Research Center’s recently released report, which documented cell phone usage habits among teenagers, uncovered some interesting facts about computers and landlines.

Teens who send the most texts often do not enjoy access to a home computer, even if another family member owns one. Almost half of the teens in this group do not have computers in their homes at all.

Traditional voice calls appear to be declining among adolescents. One-quarter of those polled said they never place voice calls. Only two in five make calls daily. Landline usage also seems to be decreasing. In 2009, 30 percent of teens spoke with their friends using landlines daily. Just over two years later, this has fallen to 14 percent. Another one-third never utilize landlines for such communication at all.

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