87% of American teenagers are sent to about fifty SMS per day

         

As shown by another study conducted in the project Pew Internet and American Life Project, more and more Americans communicate using short text messages.

By the end of this May, 72% of U.S. residents over the age of 18 years to send and receive SMS through mobile phones. For comparison: in September of 2009, compared with 65%. Among adolescents 12-17 years, experts have counted 87% of those who send or receive SMS, and the average number of messages per day reached fifty. It is five times greater than the send / accept adult Americans.

The study also showed that four out of five inhabitants of the United States (82%) have a mobile phone. In November 2004 the figure was 65%. Almost the same number of Americans (79%) are in the possession of a desktop computer or laptop.

And a little more intriguing statistics. 91% of respondents told the experts that with mobile phones, they feel safe, and 42% experienced irritation when their studies interrupted by a phone call or SMS. 57% are unwanted or promotional text messages, and 86% believe rude people who check on the phone missed calls or SMS during the meetings or conversations. 65% of adults surveyed go to bed, put the phone on the bed or next to it.