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Hot of the press data on teens and communicating from Pew Internet and American Life Project.

How do teens communicate?

• 63% use text to communicate with others every day
• 39% make and receive voice calls on their mobile phones every day
• 35% socialize with others in person outside of school on a daily basis
• 29% exchange messages daily through social network sites
• 22% use instant messaging daily to talk to others
• 19%  talk on landlines with people in their lives daily
• 6% exchange email daily

Read more on teen communications choices here.

So, if you are trying to reach teens, e-mail is a dud and texting is the move.

Pew also reported that there has been little change in mobile phone ownership by teens, 77% in 2011 vs. 75% in 2009.  Regarding changes in the past two years, teens are talking on the phone much less–26% phone friends daily down from 38% in 2009.

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