{"id":15484,"date":"2010-04-20T20:28:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T20:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/omg-study-sez-teen-textng%e2%80%99s-totally-up-0-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-04-20T20:28:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T20:28:15","slug":"omg-study-sez-teen-textng%e2%80%99s-totally-up-0-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/omg-study-sez-teen-textng%e2%80%99s-totally-up-0-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"OMG! Study Sez Teen Textng\u2019s Totally Up :0 | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8751\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9223b_Texting.jpg\" alt=\"Texting\" width=\"225\" height=\"146\" align=\"left\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\">In today&rsquo;s not-shocking news, researchers have determined that teenagers like to text&ndash;a lot.<\/p><p>The new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pubs\/1572\/teens-cell-phones-text-messages\">study<\/a> by the Pew Center shows that the mobile phone has become the preferred mode of communication for American teens, with one in three teens sending more than 100 texts a day. Also in the category of not-shocking, the researchers found that older teenage girls are the most enthusiastic texters.<\/p><p>Some of the key findings:<\/p><ul><li> The study points out that cell phone ownership among 12- to 17-year-olds has spiked, going up from 45 percent in 2004 to 75 percent this year.<\/li><li>With cell phones at their disposal, the teens were also more likely to text than call, although the majority still turned to an old-fashioned phone call when it came time to communicate with mom and dad.<\/li><li>Half of the teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three sends more than 100 texts a day, or more than 3,000 texts a month.<\/li><li>Older girls who text are the most active, with 14- to 17-year-old girls typically sending 100 or more messages a day or more than 3,000 texts a month.<\/li><\/ul><p><span><\/span>When the teens aren&rsquo;t texting, they report using their cell phones to listen to music and to take and share pictures with their friends. A whopping 83 percent used their phones&rsquo; cameras, but a relatively small number of teens said they sent and received sexually suggestive images by text (&rdquo;sexts&rdquo;). Just 4 percent of teens say they have sent a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude image of themselves via text message, with older teens more like to receive &ldquo;sexts&rdquo; than younger ones.<\/p><p>If this study is making your nervous about your teen&rsquo;s texting behavior&ndash;then you&rsquo;re not alone. The study found that 64 percent of all parents snoop around on their kids&rsquo; cell phones and more than half have taken the device away to punish a child.<\/p><p>Related Content:<br>Discoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2010\/04\/13\/who-has-dumber-fans-ashton-kutcher-or-justin-bieber-math-reveals-the-answer\/\">Who Has Dumber Fans, Ashton Kutcher or Justin Bieber? 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