Study: Teens text under the dinner table

A Disney Mobile "Cell and Tell" survey released last week of more than 1,500 teens and preteens found that 44 percent use text messages as their primary form of communication. %via The Washington Post ]

-- More than half, 52 percent say they send text messages from a movie theater

-- "While 28 percent have sent messages from the dinner table

-- For many, 26 percent , texting is one of the first things they do in the morning, within 10 minutes of waking up.

-- Almost all respondents -- 96 percent -- said they communicate with a parent daily via cellphone, while 20 percent said they use a cellphone to connect with Mom or Dad at least five times a day."

emily | 10:48 AM | SMS Studies & Research |
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