Poll: 'IM-ing' divides teens, adults
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Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.
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Blog: One in five teens say they can't function without their cell phone, and if forced to choose, would give up TV for it, a new survey says.
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A quarter of adults believe disruptive children are beyond help by the time they turn 13, a survey indicates.
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No doubt, parenting has changed in the Internet Age, and a new study tries to reveal how mom and dad are dealing with it.
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E-mail, IMs used as evidence against teen and her boyfriend, who murdered her mother after she discouraged them from dating each other.
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By Maria Puente  Think teens and twentysomethings hog all the online attention? Time to shove the teenyboppers aside: It's Grandma and grandkids -- some too young to read -- who are forging the newest interactive social networks in cyberspace.
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Instant messaging has become a key way in which Americans communicate. And Detroit-area residents are right up there with IMers anywhere, with 58 percent of all Internet users in southeastern Michigan using IM regularly.
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Telephone surveys are the meat and potatoes of political polling groups. But as more Americans switch from land lines to cell phones, a growing segment of the population may be left out of the equation. By Daniel Terdiman.
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WASHINGTON   It&#39;s not just a cliche: Sex and drugs often do go together, says a survey of US teenagers.
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NEW YORK  - When it comes to alcohol, many teenagers may take a cue from their parents, new research suggests.
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If you're an avid instant messenger, you probably know what I mean: "Instant messaging doesn't work for me, does it work for you?" Yet I appear to be on the way to becoming a minority, a fuddy-dud resisting the text-chat party. Instant messaging, or IM, is catching on with adults in a big way as it moves rapidly into the workplace, according to recent surveys. In fact, analysts predict IM soon will overtake e-mail as the No. 1 form of electronic communication.
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Many young people are throwing off their generationâs reputation for slovenly language, and taking up the gauntlet for good grammar.
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Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.
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TechWeb - The unannounced service apparently targets teens and young adults, for texting and photo and video sharing.
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About 35 percent of teen girls online blog compared to 20 percent for boys, but 19 percent of boys post video, nearly twice the percentage for girls, according to Pew Internet study.
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Dear Amy: I am the father of a 13-year-old girl who is seeing - on a limited basis - a 16-year-old boy. They attend the same junior/ senior high school and met over the Internet when my daughter was "Instant Messaging" with the 16-year-old boy's younger brother.
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Instant messaging and online chat are well on their way to ubiquity -- especially among the young. How can parents ensure messaging is safe?