Tag archive: Amanda Lenhart

A new report (PDF) from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that while the number of adults using social networking services like MySpace and Facebook has quadrupled in the last four years, almost two thirds of all teens use social networking sites and services. In 2005, only about 8 percent of adults were social networking users; now, that number is 35 percent…compared to 65 percent of all teens who use social… Read More

A new Pew Internet study of teen and video games has come up with some pretty interesting results. Instead of isolating them, the majority of teens actually play with friends rather than alone, making them more social, the BBC reports. The survey gathered responses from 1,102 teens aged between 12-17. It was no surprise that the vast majority (99% of boys, 94% of girls) had played some form of video game, wqith the most popular… Read More

If you’re of a certain generation, you might well hate text speak. You know what it is, a mix of abbreviations, misspellings and numbers used as shorthand to communicate by text and instantmessaging.   If it truly annoys you, then you’re out of luck. A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has shown that teensadmit that text speak is finding its way into their school work. 50% says they use the informal… Read More