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Texting Trends Across Generations: A Study on Communication Preferences

This study examines the correlation between age and texting frequency among individuals from different generations. Results show that younger people tend to text more frequently than older generations, with men born between 1970-1989 texting more than women in the same age group. The experiment validates the hypothesis that texting usage increases with age.

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Texting Trends Across Generations: A Study on Communication Preferences

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  1. Texting and Generations: Whoztxtn more? Kelli Abbey EDTC 5103 Oklahoma State University

  2. What do you think? Question: The younger a person is, the more often he/she will use texting as a form of communication.

  3. Let’s Test the Hypothesis! • Now that I have formed my question, I need to perform an experiment. • I designed a survey and gave it to 22 respondents within Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

  4. What did I test? Independent Variable Dependent Variables Texting Each answer on the survey was associated with a number. This number was added up for each respondent and tallied. Sex 11 Males and 11 Females Birth country All respondents were from the United States. • Generation • Ages 9 to 80 years old • Born 1939 to 2001

  5. Numbers and Data… • The data was divided by sex and age. The participants’ answers were grouped based on year of birth. • All answers for participants between 1930-1949 were added together and divided accordingly by males and females. This was repeated.

  6. The Data Showed… Table 1: Relation of sex and age to texting Texting totals Year of Birth

  7. The Results Prove… • The results show us trends. These trends can prove or disprove our hypothesis. • These results prove men born between the years 1970-1989 use texting more than women born between these years. • The older generations don’t text as frequently as younger generations. • Most men text more than women.

  8. What did we discover? • The experiment told us that texting increases with age. The older a person is the less frequently he/she will text. • Our hypothesis was correct! • So whether you LOL or HAHA, a younger person is more likely to be able to teach you how to text than an older person. • (This information is based upon the survey conducted for OSU EDTC 5103.)

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