---
title: "Teens & Technology: Understanding the Digital Landscape"
description: "Amanda Lenhart presented the Pew Research Center’s most recent data that looks at how teens ages 12 to 17 use the internet, social media and mobile phones."
date: "2014-02-25"
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/2014/02/25/teens-technology-understanding-the-digital-landscape/"
---

# Teens & Technology: Understanding the Digital Landscape

Amanda spoke to students in the school of Public Health at George Washington University about how adolescents ages 12 to 17 are using the internet, social media, and mobile phones in their daily lives. The talk includes data on smartphones, tablets, and youth who use mobile devices to go online most of the time, as well as data about apps and privacy.