October-November 2004 – Teens and Parents

This data set includes questions about how teenagers and their parents use the internet (October – Novemeber 2004).

American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities of the internet as they create and share their own media creations.

There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.

Today's American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life.

54% of parents with teenagers use internet filters – a big jump from 2000. Yet both teens and parents believe that youth do things online that their parents would not like.