Mobile Phones Bridging the Digital Divide for Teens in the Us?
Mobile Phones Bridging the Digital Divide for Teens in the US?
INTRODUCTION
In today’s era, mobile and internet both are the basic necessities of each and every human being.
And in teens in US, mobile and internet are the craziest thing to be online and to be in touch with in social networking sites with friends and all. Most important thing to discuss over here is, teens, whose parent’s salary is less than $30000 per year are, and they are using mobile internet connection at highest price more.
As per the researchers Internet accessing at homes, teens from lower income parents are more likely than their wealthier counterparts to use their cell phones to get online. And it is seen those teens with the lower income who are using their phones for Internet access are paying the most to be “ cell-online” according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers.
It is important to understand the teens to use computers to use internet rather than smartphones mobile internet connectivity. Because it seems them that they are paying less but they are just using internet for being touch in social network sites.
Very few of them are using internet function in correct way, by shopping online and all. And these companies are manipulating teens by different advertisement to use internet.
SUMMARY
Now according to the survey, smartphones adoption among American teens has increased a lot as compared to mobile phones.
Researchers note that teens from higher income households are more likely to be on family plans paid for by someone else in the family. In other part, 31 percent of teens from households earning less than $30,000 per year are on a family plan paid for by someone else in the family, with 23 percent paying by their own fully. Bills paying by teens for their own phones, and having their own contract, is associated with using more of the features serviced by smartphones , especially for those that require Internet access such as email, message, sharing
INTRODUCTION
In today’s era, mobile and internet both are the basic necessities of each and every human being.
And in teens in US, mobile and internet are the craziest thing to be online and to be in touch with in social networking sites with friends and all. Most important thing to discuss over here is, teens, whose parent’s salary is less than $30000 per year are, and they are using mobile internet connection at highest price more.
As per the researchers Internet accessing at homes, teens from lower income parents are more likely than their wealthier counterparts to use their cell phones to get online. And it is seen those teens with the lower income who are using their phones for Internet access are paying the most to be “ cell-online” according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers.
It is important to understand the teens to use computers to use internet rather than smartphones mobile internet connectivity. Because it seems them that they are paying less but they are just using internet for being touch in social network sites.
Very few of them are using internet function in correct way, by shopping online and all. And these companies are manipulating teens by different advertisement to use internet.
SUMMARY
Now according to the survey, smartphones adoption among American teens has increased a lot as compared to mobile phones.
Researchers note that teens from higher income households are more likely to be on family plans paid for by someone else in the family. In other part, 31 percent of teens from households earning less than $30,000 per year are on a family plan paid for by someone else in the family, with 23 percent paying by their own fully. Bills paying by teens for their own phones, and having their own contract, is associated with using more of the features serviced by smartphones , especially for those that require Internet access such as email, message, sharing