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Monday, May 14, 2012

Social media: new media for younger generation

It's remarkable to see how younger generation adopts new technology.  They adopt new tools faster than any other and thrive on the new media.  Teenagers today have more information than any other times, and they are communicating with friends more than any other age group.  18 to 24 year olds send 110 text messages a day on average.  Assuming they have 6 hours of sleep, they are sending about one text message every 10 minutes through out the day.

To these younger generation social media is just another tool that they grew up with.  Just like how Gen X grew up with Internet browser and video games, these teenagers started their online life with MySpace, Friendster and Facebook.  It's a part of how they interact with friends.