---
title: "Teens and technology"
description: "This is a discussion of the eight realities of technology and social experience that are shaping the world of today's teens and twenty-somethings."
date: "2006-03-23"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2006/03/23/teens-and-technology-2/"
categories:
  - "Leisure"
  - "Lifestyle"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Future of the Internet"
  - "Gaming"
  - "Generations"
  - "Libraries"
  - "New Media Ecology"
  - "Teens"
---

# Teens and technology

This is a discussion of the eight realities of technology and social experience that are shaping the world of today's teens and twenty-somethings. It looks at the growing role of technology in teens' lives, the way they use their gadgets, their expectations about how to find and use information, and the social consequences of their use of technology.