Thursday, May 24, 2012

More Indian teens are using social networking sites for communication:Study

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Now a days activities of teenagers are increasing on social networking sites. An increasing number of teenagers are using social networking sites to remain in touch with each other with mobiles and PCs.

According to the study conducted by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) teenagers are using mobiles as their favorite gadget. The GenY Survey 2011-12 covered 12,000 high school students aged between 12-18 in 12 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Pune and Lucknow between July and December 2011.

While 84 percent students had internet access at home, 85 percent used social networking sites like Facebook and 75 percent owned a mobile phone. Preferring entertainment on the move, 28 percent of the students said mobile phone was their favorite gadget.

Further text and chat are emerging as preferred alternatives to voice calls with 50 percent of those surveyed in metros said they used SMS most to communicate while 45 percent used instant messaging and 38 percent used Facebook or Twitter.

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