The love affair between teens and texting only grows deeper, according to the latest Pew Research Center report that looks at the phenomenon. More than half (54%) of American teens were text-messaging daily in September 2009, up from 38% eighteen months earlier. Overall, 72% of teens are now text-messagers.
Thumbing away on mobile devices has surpassed face-to-face contact, email, instant messaging and of course, voice calling as the main way that teens connect with their friends. The typical teenager sends and receives 50 or more messages per day, or 1,500 per month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day.
Leading the way are older teen girls ages 14 to 17 -- averaging 100 messages a day -- with the young
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