The document summarizes how teens have adopted and used various digital technologies over time as "digital natives". It notes that most teens now use email, play video games, and have cell phones. It then outlines the years various online technologies and services launched and the percentage of teens that now use services like social media sites, instant messaging, blogs, and streaming music. The document argues this creates an "ecosystem" that changes how teens experience and engage with a variety of online venues, content, and social networks in rapid and participatory ways.
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Teens And The Internet 1.9.09 Pew Presentation At Ces
1. TEENS AND THE INTERNET Lee Rainie Director Pew Internet Project CES Kids@Play Summit January 9, 2009
2. Digital native Born 1990 PCs are 15 years old Email is 22 years old Today: 87% of teens use email Today: 60% of teens have a desktop/laptop
3. Digital native Born 1990 Today: 97% of teens play video or computer games Video games are 43 years old - missile simulator in 1947 Pong is 18 years old
4. 10 Virtual Worlds (Second Life, Gaia, Habbo Hotel) 21 MMOGs (World of Warcraft) 32 Survival Horror (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Condemned ) 36 Role-Playing (Final Fantasy, Blue Dragon Republic) 47 First-Person Shooters (Halo, Counter-Strike, Half-Life ) 49 Fighting (Tekken, Super Smash Bros., MortalKombat) 49 Simulation (Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon) 59 Strategy (Civilization IV, Command and Conquer) 61 Rhythm (Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution) 66 Adventure (Legend of Zelda, Tomb Raider) 67 Action (Grand Theft Auto, Devil May Cry) 68 Sports (Madden, FIFA, Tony Hawk) 72 Puzzle (Bejeweled, Tetris, Solitaire) 74% Racing (NASCAR, Mario Kart, Burnout)
5. Digital native Born 1990 Today: >75% of teens have a cell phone Commercial cell phones were 12 years old
6. Digital native Born 1990 Tim Berners-Lee creates World Wide Web Today: 93% of teens use the internet
7. Digital native Preschool (3 years) First great browser 1993 Netscape IPO Aug. 9, 1995 Today: > 90% of online teens use their browsers for cloud computing activities
8. Digital native 1 st and 2 nd grades (ages 6,7) ICQ - 1996 AOL instant messaging - 1997 Today: ~ 68% of online teens use instant messaging
9. Digital native First grade (age 6) Palm Pilot 1996 Today: ~20% of teens have their own PDAs or Blackberries
10. Digital native Second grade (age 7) Blogs 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 Today: ~30% of online teens keep blogs and regularly post -------- 54% read blogs
11. Digital Native Third grade (age 9) Napster - 1999 Today: ~35% of online teens find out about new songs by free downloads ~ 33% of online teens swap files on peer-to-peer
12. Digital native Third grade (age 9) TiVo 1999 Today: ~ 40%-50% of teens have DVRs in house
13. Digital native Fifth grade (age 11) Wikipedia - 2001 Today: ~ 55% of online teens use Wikipedia
14. Digital Native Sixth grade (age 12) iPod - 2002 Today: 74% of teens have an MP3 player
15. Digital native 7 th and 8 th grade (ages 13,14) MySpace - 2003 Facebook - 2004 Today: >70% of online teens use social network sites
16. Digital native Seventh grade (age 13) Del.icio.us - 2003 Today: 40%-50% of online teens tag content
17. Digital native Seventh grade (age 13) Flickr - 2003 Today: ~60%-70% of teens have digital cameras ~50%- 60% of online teens post photos online
18. Digital native Eighth grade (age 14) Podcasts 2004 Today: >25% of online teens have downloaded podcasts
19. Digital native Ninth grade (age 15) YouTube 2005 Today: ~40% of teens have video cameras ~25% have uploaded videos >75% view videos on video-sharing sites
21. Participatory, creative class -- extras Close to three-quarters of online teens have created content for the internet
22. 39% of online teens have shared their own creations online Other content creation
23. ~37% of online teens have rated a person, product, or service online Other content creation
24. 26% of online teens report keeping their own personal webpage Other content creation
25. ~25% of online teens have created or worked on webpages or blogs for others, including those for groups or school assignments Other content creation
26. Other content creation 20% of online teens say they remix content they find online into their own artistic creations