Web-savvy teens prefer the good old landline phone

WEB-SAVVY TEENS PREFER THE GOOD OLD LANDLINE PHONE
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Janet Kornblum]
About 93% of teens in the USA are now online, and they are so wired that some 64% have used the Internet to post everything from videos to essays, up from 57% at the end of 2004. But the No. 1 method of communication for the most wired generation ever? It's still the telephone — as in landlines wired to a wall, says a new report on teens ages 12 to 17 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which tracks the USA's online behavior. Teens don't drop old technologies as they add new ones, "they just communicate more," says Pew's Amanda Lenhart. "And more frequently." Teens choose the proper tool for each task, be it cellphone texting at a noisy party, Facebook for a quick hello, instant messages for multiple conversations, and seeing friends in person to, well, talk. And some 28% of online teens — mostly girls — are super communicators, adept with a wide variety of tools. Teens' least favorite tool across the board? E-mail.
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* Pew: Phones, in-person strong with teens (Associated Press)
http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8TL0M3O0

* Teens and Social Media
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/230/report_display.asp