Texting is gr8est communication medium for teens

A STUDY of secondary school students has confirmed the most popular means of communication for young teenagers is the text message.

The study of 7,211 secondary school students surveyed between August 2010 and last June showed almost 45% of teenage girls said they used text messaging as the main means of communicating with friends compared to just over 35% of boys. According to this year’s Census At School survey, carried out by the CSO, the second most popular method of communicating with friends was in person, with boys spending a greater proportion of their time talking in person than girls.

The study suggests MySpace, Facebook and blogging have become a routine method of communicating among young people, with over 15% of boys and girls keeping in touch using these methods. Less than 5% of teens said they use a landline to talk to friends.