---
title: "Teens and Mobile Phones"
description: "The Family Online Safety Institute convened the Wireless Online Safety Conference to examine issues around youth, mobile phones and safety. Amanda Lenhart sets the scene with this presentation, sharing 5 years of Pew Internet data on teens and cel..."
date: "2009-04-22"
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/2009/04/22/teens-and-mobile-phones-2/"
categories:
  - "Mobile"
  - "Online Privacy & Security"
  - "Privacy Rights"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Safety"
  - "Teens"
---

# Teens and Mobile Phones

The Family Online Safety Institute convened the Wireless Online Safety Conference to examine issues around youth, mobile phones and safety. Amanda Lenhart sets the scene with this presentation, sharing 5 years of Pew Internet data on teens and cell phones. Slides include data on adoption of phones over time, by youth and adults, gender differences in teen phone use, texting vs. voice calling and use of mobile gaming devices.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/teens-mobile-phones-lenhart-april-2009-fosi-talk