---
title: "Teens and Social Media: An Overview"
description: "This talk presents an overview of Pew Internet project data on teens and social media, including teen tech tool ownership, communication patterns over social networks and mobile phones as well analysis of how young adults 18-29 seeking health info..."
date: "2009-04-10"
authors:
  - name: "Amanda Lenhart"
    job_title: "Former Director of Teens and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amanda-lenhart/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2009/04/10/teens-and-social-media-an-overview/"
categories:
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Online Search"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Social Networking"
  - "Teens"
  - "Web 2.0"
---

# Teens and Social Media: An Overview

This talk presents an overview of Pew Internet project data on teens and social media, including teen tech tool ownership, communication patterns over social networks and mobile phones as well analysis of how young adults 18-29 seeking health information online.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/teens-and-social-media-an-overview