Literature Review

Literature Review
What has been the impact of mobile phones of the social lives of teenagers?
‘Harris Interactive,2008’ states that teens fell that mobile phones have a huge impact on a person’s social status, whilst being second against clothing.’ Harris interactive 2008’ also found in his study that mobile phones are becoming a fast a necessity for teenagers, being that most teenagers have one. He conducted a study that showed teenager’s texting has critical advantages because it offers more options, including multitasking, speed, and the option to avoid verbal communication. A survey was carried out by Harris Interactive , the survey finding were that ,Teens carry cell phones to have access to friends, family and current events

‘Carter.2008’ said when you combine this new technology with teens giving their permission to market to them, the growth could be exponential. Meaning teens have a huge impact on the sales of mobile phones.

‘Ling 2004’ states that, Mobile telephony originally gained a foothold as a voice based communication system. However, teens’ adoption of text messaging has changed the nature of mobile communication. Texting has now become one of teen’s main forms of communication

Sources

Survey
‘Harris Interactive 2008’ http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/cell-phones-key-to-teens-social-lives-47-can-text-with-eyes-closed-6126/
News article
Bill Carter http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9991979-93.html
Book
The mobile connection, the cellphones impact of society by rich ling 2004
San Francisco, Calif. ; London :Morgan Kaufmann, 2004. ISBN: 1558609369 (pbk.) : Page 24 paragrpah2


Im not sure if this is write, also have a terrible time finding sources of information.

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