I happened to stumble back onto the Pew Internet Report on teens and technology from July 2005 that report that told us “87% of [US children] between the ages of 12 and 17 are online.” But the part I’d missed before regarded how these teens were using communication technology:
Email, once the cutting edge “killer app,” [...]
Posted April 10, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: aim, aol instant messenger, communication, im, instant messaging, instant messenger, short message service, sms, Technology, teens, the death of email, youth. 4 Comments.
Just when you thought I was done talking about how the internet really does touch everything, Lichen posts some details from the most recent University of New Hampshire Res Life student survey and it gets me going again. In order, the top three activities are:
- socializing (15.8 hours/week)
- studying, excluding in-class time (12.5 hours/week)
- instant messaging, (9.3 hours/week)
Posted March 13, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: aim, campus computing, computer use, im, instant messenger, online activity, social networking, social software, student life, survey, unh, university of new hampshire, usage survey. 4 Comments.
