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Teens & Mobile Phones: Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens Amanda Lenhart, Rich Ling & Scott Campbell FTC Brownbag May 2010 Washington, DC

Teens and Mobile Phones

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Amanda most recently presented her research on teens and mobile phones to a briefing for staff of the FTC, the FCC and the Department of Education. This presentation focuses on who has a phone, how they use them - for voice, for text, for internet connectivity, game-playing, photos, videos and music.

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Teens & Mobile Phones:Texting rises sharply as mobile phones become the communication hub for American teens

Amanda Lenhart, Rich Ling & Scott CampbellFTC BrownbagMay 2010Washington, DC

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Methods

• 800 teens ages 12 to 17 and a parent or guardian were contacted by landline or cellular telephone in a nationally representative rdd survey conducted from June to September 2009.

• 9 focus groups in four cities with middle and high school aged teens (ages 12-18) conducted in June and October 2009

• Joint project of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the University of Michigan.

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Teens who pay for phone costs are more likely to do more with cell phone

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Thanks!

Amanda Lenharthttp://www.pewinternet.orgTwitter: @amanda_lenhart