1. The report states that nine in ten teenagers are online. Somehow, I'm assuming this number has grown in the past couple years as even teenagers who don't have internet at home use it at their friends's houses, school, and even at work. It's hard to find someone without an AIM screenname and under the age of 18 or at least a facebook that they check every once in a while.
2. Teens use the internet primarily to communicate with friends. Email has never seemed to be something that teens have the patience for, unless they're sending files or something of that sort, because the instant messaging system allows for quick, easy communication. This is where most of the new slang texting comes from, too. "BRB", "TTYL", etc. were made popular when instant messaging became the new way to communicate for young people.
3. It reports that 45% of teens have cell phones and 33% are texting. I'm assuming this number has drastically, drastically increased within the past couple years because of the ease texting allows and the phone plans that include unlimited messaging. It's easy to look around the quad and see almost half of the students typing on their cell phones, especially if they have a cell phone with an equipped keypad, and they can even access AIM, Facebook, and other social networking sites via a cell phone with ease.
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