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Issue 16 News Update

Media Madness

New Study Sheds More Light on Teens' Online Activity

A study released this week by the Pew Research Center examined how young people spend their time online. According to the study, 62 percent of U.S. Internet users aged 12 to 17 go online for news and current events. During special national events, such as presidential elections, teen online news consumption rose to 77 percent. Thirty-one percent of online teens get health, physical fitness, and dieting information on the Internet. Seventeen percent of teens said they used the Internet to gather information about health topics that are hard to discuss with others, such as drug use and sexuality.