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“How do [they] even do that?” A Pew Internet guide to teens, mobile phones and social media Amanda Lenhart June 2010 Lawlor | Hardwick-Day Summer Seminar Minneapolis, MN. Methods.
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“How do [they] even do that?”A Pew Internet guide to teens, mobile phones and social mediaAmanda LenhartJune 2010Lawlor | Hardwick-Day Summer SeminarMinneapolis, MN
Methods • 800 teens ages 12 to 17 and a parent or guardian were contacted by landline or cellular telephone in a nationally representative rdd survey conducted from June to September 2009. • 9 focus groups in four cities with middle and high school aged teens (ages 12-18) conducted in June and October 2009 • Joint project of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the University of Michigan. • Data from adult surveys from Sept 2009 & January 2010
How do they do that – or do they? Commonly held beliefs about teens, young adults and technology: • Everyone uses the internet • Every teen has a cell phone… • … and all teens text unimaginably large numbers of messages a day • Teens no longer call anyone on the phone • Parents and K-12 schools struggle with management of teens’ phones • Teens have been supplanted by older adults on social networks • Teens love Twitter • Young adults don’t care about privacy, particularly online • Teens are active creators of content online
…and they send and receive an unimaginably large Number of texts every day.
Teens who pay for phone costs are more likely to do more with cell phone
Parents and Schools Struggle with management of teens’ cell phones
Teens & young adults have been supplanted by older adults on social networks
Young Adults don’t care about their privacy, especially Online