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In light of Facebook\u2019s recent announcement<\/a>\u00a0 of the addition of \u201cFacebook Messages\u201d \u2013 a message aggregator that will bring together text, chat and email \u2013 to its service, we offer our data that describes the communication landscape of today\u2019s teens. In our Youth and Mobile Phones report, we look at the complete picture of where and how teens communicate with friends<\/a>, which provides some context for understanding the potential implications of Facebook\u2019s new feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

In the report, we note that while email isn\u2019t used very much as a daily communication tool with friends, it is <\/i>used, albeit less frequently, by most teens, and used mostly to talk to institutions, adults and others less reachable by text messaging, as well as when teens need to send longer and more complicated messages to a group. The data suggest that while email isn\u2019t used heavily by teens, it certainly hasn\u2019t disappeared, either.<\/p>\n\n

The graphic below shows daily use of a variety of communication technologies \u2013 and suggests that while text messaging as a daily activity for teens has grown astronomically over the past three years, other communicative technologies have remained relatively stable or have declined slightly, suggesting that the increase in texting has layered on top of the other modes of communication that teens employ.<\/p>\n\n

Whether teens and adults will adopt Facebook’s Messages remains to be seen; but though email may be deemed “too slow”<\/a> by some, it still has its own utility for teens in their communicative landscapes.<\/p>\n\n

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