Mobile Communication: Bringing Us Together and Tearing Us Apart by Scott Campbell

Author:Scott Campbell [Campbell, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Children’s Tools—Children’s Correspondents

The nature of mediated contacts of children living with their parents seems different than that of adults. We know that young people’s personal networks are focused on friendship and that their social circle is less family-based than that of older people. This fact affects the communication habits of young people. Consequently, this group uses SMS and IM in a very intensive way. Indeed, 72 percent of children contact at least one of their social circles via SMS and 52 percent by IM. Concerning telephone communication and e-mail, the usage levels by children is similar to that of adults (respectively 95 and 53 percent). Compared to adult communication practices, teenagers use voice and text tools in a more balanced way. This is especially true when social circles are made up of people—friends, siblings, siblings living outside household—of a similar age: in this case, we observe very small differences between voice and SMS communication (see Table 8.6).

Table 8.6 Social Circles and ICT Use in Children Used by Correspondent Type (n = 416)

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