15 posts and columns on teenagers

Not Surprisingly, U.S. Teens Are Texting More, Talking Less

in News on March 19 at 10:32 am PT

OMG, ICYMI: Teens are texting more, and shunning uncool “landlines.”
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Why Videogames Are Good for Girls

in News on February 1, 2011 at 12:27 pm PT

We’ve had plenty of discussions on the blog about exposing kids to screen time (TV, videogames and mobile phones). A new study, though, found that videogames can have benefits for teen girls—as long as they play with their parents.

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Attention Versus Distraction? What That Big NY Times Story Leaves Out

in News on November 23, 2010 at 12:04 am PT

Yesterday’s Sunday Times devoted the lead slot of its front page to a long examination of the effects of the web on the attention spans of teenagers.

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Are "Sext" Messages a Teenage Felony or Folly?

in News on August 25, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

State lawmakers around the U.S. are struggling to decide if teenage “sexting”—the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive photos by cellphone—is a serious crime, or juvenile folly run amok. About 20 states have enacted or proposed measures that deal with teenage sexters.

Apple Products Popular Among Teens With Wealthy Parents

in News on October 7, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

If the teen demographic is a critical indicator of a company’s long-term growth prospects in the consumer electronics and online music markets, Apple has nothing to worry about. Because according to the results of Piper Jaffray’s 18th biannual Teen Survey, Apple devices continue to do well with American teenagers.
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AMD: Time to Play Down Chip Speed in Marketing PCs

in News on September 10, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

There was a time when people cared a lot about the microprocessors in their PCs–a bit like teenagers once bragged that their Impala had a 450-horsepower V8 engine under the hood. Advanced Micro Devices seems to be betting those days are over.

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Behind Sexting Survey, Debate Over How to Poll Teens

in News on April 8, 2009 at 10:34 am PT

It seemed like more troubling evidence that kids these days engage in behavior they wouldn’t want to write home about. Researchers recently found that one in five teenagers have shared nude or seminude photos of themselves by cellphone or online. That statistic has become a fixture in articles about “sexting” and its social and legal implications. But that number may be inflated, because the same teenagers who have engaged in such behavior could be the ones most likely to say they have done so in an online poll.