Pew Study - Teen Girls Lead Online Growth
"I know that people who are really into computers, that can take them apart and put them back together, are boys," Mount said. "But more girls are instant messaging and doing more social stuff."
A study of 1,100 boys and girls ages 12 to 17 and their parents released this week from the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that teenage girls are driving growth in online communication and information-seeking.
"There's this sort of myth that it's only boys that are the tech-savvy members of the teenage cohort," said Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist for the Pew Internet Project, which explores the impact of the Internet on society. "In fact, girls are very intense users of the technology, particularly the communications tools."
According to the study, teenage girls are more likely than boys or older adults to coordinate interaction with friends over the Internet, search for information about prospective schools, seek health and religious information and visit entertainment related-Web sites.
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Business Week online article with lots of facts here
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