24. What do we know about teen online behavior?
“Middle class teens generally receive their
training in ICT (information and
communication technology) behavior at
home…the students rate themselves as
being much more computer-savvy than
their parents.”
Harris, F.J. (2012). I found it on the internet: coming of age online. Chicago: ALA.
25. What do we know about teen online behavior?
“Most teens I interviewed joined
social networks to interact with
friends and peers, often to
escape structural and social
limitations they faced in other
contexts.”
boyd, d. (2009). Taken out of context: American teen sociality in
networked places. [doctoral dissertation]
26. What do we know about teen online behavior?
“Not only are teens totally wired, but they
are also multitasking, often consuming
several different types of media at once.
Kids and teens reported that they spent 26
percent of their media time using two or
more media simultaneously.”
Goodstein, A. (2007). Totally wired: what teens and tweens are really doing
online. New York: St. Martin’s.
27. What do we know about teen online behavior?
Fully 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are now online and 80% of
those online teens are users of social media sites
74% own a desktop or laptop computer
Brenner, J. (2012) Internet and teens.
28. What do we know about teen mobile online
behavior?
Bulk of teens are 12 or 13 when they get their first cell phone
23% of teens have a smartphone
Half of all American teens have gone online on their mobile
phones in the last 30 days.
Brenner, J. (2012) Internet and teens.
29. What do we know about teen online behavior an
social networking?
3% have an account on Facebook
24% have an account on MySpace
12% have an account on Twitter
7% have an account on a Yahoo site
6% have an account on YouTube
2% have an account on each of the following: Skype,
myYearbook, and Tumblr
1% have an account on Google Buzz
Brenner, J. (2012) Internet and teens.
70. “Whether it is texting, Facebook, or Skype, millennials, like
most people, mainly use technology as a tool for
communication.”
71. Interaction
“Today's high-school and college students got their first email account at an
average age of 13. Most students have had one of their email addresses
for 8 years and have an average of about 2.4 addresses each. But if you
really want to reach these students, you should forget email. Send a text
message instead.”
Perez, S. (2008) Gmail preferred by students, but nothing beats texting. Read Write Web.
Yahoo! Mail
• Multiple address
management
• Chat and text from
inbox
• Unlimited storage
94. http://www.transformsa.com/images/myfiles/Sexting.jpg
22 percent of all teen girls — and 11 percent of teen girls ages 13-16
years old — say they have electronically sent, or posted online, nude
or semi-nude images of themselves.
One-third of teen boys and one-quarter of teen girls say they have
had nude/semi-nude images shared with them.
http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/sextech/PDF/SexTech_Summary.pdf
