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Teens prefer land-line phones over high-tech devices, report says
7/27/2005 | 
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Sadia Latifi, Knight Ridder Newspapers , The News Sentinel Fort Wayne
'"Washington - (KRT) - The barrage of devices created for easier communication - such as cell phones, text messages and instant messaging - isn't much of a lure for most teenagers. They prefer Old Faithful: the land-line telephone."
They also prefer instant messaging, or "IM," for casual online conversations. E-mail, they say, is for "old people" and formal institutions.
"They're not sort of willy-nillies," said Amanda Lenhart, a co-author of the Pew Internet and American Life Project report on teens and technology, which was released Wednesday. "They think about what they want to use. For a private conversation, they pick up the phone; for casual conversation, IM."
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