Comments on: Teenagers Not Internet Zombies

By: DeeMX

DeeMX — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:32:28 +0000

Internet really capture us. I spend all my work time in internet and I try to spend my free time in offline.

By: PS3

PS3 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:33:10 +0000

Why is taht Symbian?

By: Symbian

Symbian — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:22:32 +0000

They can't just sit so long. When Asus eeepc will be popular figures will change. Symbian's last blog post..Nokia S60 Symbian Windows Live client available in Europe

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:35:53 +0000

I think no matter how old are you, internet and its opportunities capture you. Some people even become internet-addicted. It is time to think over this issue.

By: Warenwirtschaft

Warenwirtschaft — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:45:29 +0000

Never trust a statistic you have not tampered with yourself. These statistics show the mean value and all those who dont even have their own computer are integrated and the mean value goes down.
But if we look at only those kids that do have their own computer the statistics may look very different and suddenly there are a lot more internet-zombies (not) running around.

By: Web Marketing Man

Web Marketing Man — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:08:00 +0000

Mobile technology is what drives teens more than anything else. The more mobile the web world becomes, the more integrated the teens will be. You can bank on that.

By: PS3

PS3 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:56:28 +0000

“58% have made a purchase online”…..using their parent credit cards…or more likely, ringtone downloads and the like.

Teenagers are unique creatures. Our 14 year old spends all day with her friends, walks home with them…then can’t wait 5 minutes before getting on the laptop to chat again with the same people on MSN!

We are fairly strict though and it does cause conflict.

By: Seologia

Seologia — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:46:34 +0000

Shocking the amount of teens that prefer to IM instead of call. Thought it would be a much higher number. Seologia's last blog post..Obtené un record Guinness con Mozilla Firefox 3

By: Keylogger Guy

Keylogger Guy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:13:54 +0000

Seems to be teenagers don’t like their internet life and want to spend more ours in a places without internet connection.

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:53:03 +0000

With these kind of Internet times, teens are certainly not zombies. Unfortunately, these figures tend to present the mean and ignore the extremes, particularly the high user segment. The numbers there are still significant enough to cause worry to parents. Nicole Price's last blog post..Fashion Industry: Who's The Most Influential and Powerful

By: 6-18-2008 News for Parents | Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten

6-18-2008 News for Parents | Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:36:23 +0000

[...] Teenagers Really Only Spending 11.5 Hours a Week Online-Less that most adults! [...]

By: Eva White

Eva White — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:44:14 +0000

At the same time it is heartening to know that the real world is preferable to them versus the cyber world in so many cases. I wonder what their reading habits are like? Eva White's last blog post..Canada’s Apology To The Indian People

By: Eva White

Eva White — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:42:04 +0000

It still is a considerable ammount of time if you realize that they also spend time watching TV and on gaming with the Xbox. They definitely spend lesser time outdoors than a generation before them. Eva White's last blog post..Canada’s Apology To The Indian People

By: Jayson

Jayson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:23:09 +0000

I figured that teenagers spent more time online than the study concluded. I guess it’s b/c I live online.

Now that I think about it, 15 hours seems like a lot/week for a kid. I wonder how many hours they spend online playing video games via Xbox, Wii, Playstation 3 etc. and how long it’s going to take for some more product placement opportunities to arise in games.

By: Wolf Nibori

Wolf Nibori — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:55:05 +0000

Great info and seems about right. There’s a stigma that goes with being online “too much”, same with watching “too much” TV. I doubt the polls are as accurate as we might hope because people tend to answer those things based on how they want to appear rather than how they actually are behaving.

I’m not shocked by the numbers but at least people are admitting they use the net a bit more, that’s a start. Notice that they’d rather IM than call their friends? Interesting…

They’re buying a lot more than they think to count, I’d wager. After all, many of the online games (such as Xbox Live and WoW) count, as do ringtones and MP3s… they probably just aren’t thinking of it as an “internet purchase” because it’s so heavily integrated into their lives.

Excellent article, once again!

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By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:41:25 +0000

From what I have experienced its mobile technology that is attracting the teens more then the Internet. Its quick, easy and fast and can be done any were.

By: Top Rated

Top Rated — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:26:20 +0000

Teenagers are in fact Zombies. I have one at home, and I can prove it. Fortunately, from what I've hard it is a condition that disappears with age. Top Rated's last blog post..Absolutely The Best Point And Shoot Digital Camera

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:08:46 +0000

"58% have made a purchase online" Wow thats higher then I thought. Time to target! Joe Hall's last blog post..RE/MAX is the most searched for Real Estate company on the internet.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:52:07 +0000

Factual information? ‘Cause the Internet I use doesn’t have a ton of tactile feedback (which is why people still like shopping in stores).

By: Melissa Pierce

Melissa Pierce — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:46:07 +0000

I have a 13 year old and I’d have to say that all of the above is true! Especially getting tactile information from the internet. He’s much more apt to search online for ways to prove me wrong than to look in an encyclopedia.