Day in the life of a mobile teen

A day in the life of a MOBILETEEN AS A SOCIETY, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME USING MOBILE PHONES - BUT THERE'S A WHOLE NEW CLASS OF POWER USER EMERGING -- THE AMERICAN TEENAGER. HERE ARE THE LATEST STATS ABOUT HOW OUR TEENS USE THEIR PHONES, FROM DAWN TILL DUSK. 75%- OF 12-17 YEAR-OLDS 54% 20% HAVE CELL PHONES 49 TO CHAT MAKING PLANS *GIRLS TEXT D A TYPICAL 2.5 x MORE D TEEN SENDS 49 TEXTS A DAY THAN BOYS 10% GOSSIP 7% 1% OTHER 2% SPORTS FLIRTING 3% NEWS why do teens text? 3% CHECKING-IN SCHOOL 64% OF TEENS TEXT IN CLASS 25% MAKE CALLS DURING CLASS Fact 24% OF SCHOOLS BAN PHONES COMPLETELY. TEENS AT THOSE SCHOOLS STILL TEXT JUST AS MUCH. AFTER SCHOOL 54% TEXT FRIENDS EVERY DAY TEENS MEET WITH FRIENDS 100 T OF 3 FACE TOO FACE WHILE THE MAJORITY PREFER TO TEXT Fact ON AVERAGE, HEAVY TEXTERS HAVE MORE CLOSE FRIENDS & FAMILY THAN TEENS WHO DO NOT TEXT. HOME A- 69% USE CELL PHONES FOR 70% HELP WITH HOMEWORK TEXT AT THE DINNER TABLE 83% SEND TEXTS LATE AT NIGHT Fact MANY TEENS SLEEP WITH THEIR CELLPHONE UNDER THEIR PILLOW SO IT WILL WAKE THEM UP IF THEY GET A CALL. SOURCES Courtesy of SAFEL Y.COM Safely PEWINTERNET.ORG BLOG.LAB42.cOM LG TEXT ED SURVEY, CONDUCTED BY TRU RESEARCH. (LGTEXTED.COM) Growing Independence