Teens & Tech

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.

This short presentation addresses the Project’s late 2004 findings on the steps that parents are taking to protect their teenage children online.

The presentation outlines three main groups, roughly aligned with the constituencies of a college or university website--teens/prospective students, current students and parents--and discusses the online nature, behaviors and beliefs of these groups.

Ms. Lenhart's speech covered how young Americans use the Internet, with a particular focus on instant messaging.

Amanda's presentation covered how teenagers, college students and their parents use the Internet.

This is a report of a study of college students’ use of electronic, video and online games. Seventy percent of college students surveyed reported playing games at least once in a while. The academic and social impacts of gaming are discussed.

Data provided by comScore Networks detailing the kinds of Web sites that are particularly appealing to college students, and the kinds of sites where a high proportion of shoppers are college students.

This focus group-based study of Internet savvy middle and high school students found that students report a substantial disconnect between school-based and teacher-directed internet use and home internet use for school.

An overview of how today's student and parents use the Internet to do research, homework, contact schools and teachers, and also sometimes to cheat.

A detailed look at how children and young adults have incorporated the Internet into their lives, with a focus on family and friend relationships, and fervor with which adolescents use instant messaging technology.