---
title: "“How do [they] even do that?” A Pew Internet guide to teens, young adults, mobile phones and social media"
description: "This talk confirms, complicates or debunks common wisdom around teens and young adults and their use and attitudes towards technologies. Amanda looks at how teens and young adults use mobile phones and social networks, and charts their changing re..."
date: "2010-06-10"
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/2010/06/10/how-do-they-even-do-that-a-pew-internet-guide-to-teens-young-adults-mobile-phones-and-social-media/"
categories:
  - "Mobile"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Social Networking"
  - "Teens"
---

# “How do [they] even do that?” A Pew Internet guide to teens, young adults, mobile phones and social media

Amanda's talk confirms, complicates or debunks common wisdom around teens and young adults and their use and attitudes towards communicative technologies. Amanda looks at how teens and young adults use mobile phones and social networks, and charts their changing relationships towards content creation and online privacy.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/how-do-they-even-do-that-a-pew-internet-guide-to-teens-young-adults-mobile-phones-and-social-media