Mobile Teens: A RevolutionBy Callum Kelpin

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Just when we thought we had the internet under control,

everything has gone mobile.

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No group is more connected to the internet overall than teens

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37% of teens in the U.S. have a smartphone

10

Age that ¼ ofparents think is most appropriate for a child to get their first phone

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Teens represent the leading edge of mobile connectivity...

...they are the leaders of a mobile

revolution.

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[Teens] use their cellphones as the main way they access

the Web

Students spend about seven hours a day

interacting with information and

communication technology.

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70% of teens actively seek

to hide their online behavior

from their parents

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What should be the role of mobile devices

in the learning process?

balance the

pros

and

cons

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2%-6%

The number of internet users whose

lives are negatively impacted by smartphones, tablets, laptops and other technology.

[Mobile phones] are not just a consumer tool

but are used as a status symbol.

They're also eroding our personal relationships

Is your cell phone destroying your relationship? - Chris Matyszczyk

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People just don't like looking each other in the eye any more

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“Nomophobia”

Identifies people who experience anxiety when they have no access to mobile technology.

The occasional day where my phone isn't charged

or I leave it behind

it feels almost as though I'm

naked in public

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[Teens] bring their cell phones in the shower with them.

They sleep with them.

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Two girls, ages 15 and 16, used a prescription sleeping medication recently to spike the milkshakes of one's parents so they could

log onto the Internet after 10 p.m.

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Teens have started texting in their sleep...

The phone will beep, they'll answer the text. They'll

either respond in words or gibberish

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Over 75% of all teen drivers admit that they text while driving

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