The line graph shows the four different ways of communication among adolescents (aged 12-19) in one state in the US for a three-year period from 2006 to 2009. Teens communicate using text messages, email, phone calls or talking face-to-face.
Overall, youths used their phones more to talk to one another than talking in real life. The per cent of the teenagers who used text messages increased steadily from 2006 to 2008, when the number of text messages rose dramatically from around 40% to over 55% for just one year. The number of adolescents that talked face-to-face grew with only five percent for the period.
Moreover the teenagers who used calls on cell phones fluctuated over the three years reaching a peak in 2007 at around 40 % which was the highest rate for the year. However, communicating via the email became less popular among youths, by 2009 only approximately 10 percent of the youths used it.
In conclusion, with the increasing sell phone rates the number of text messages and calls is growing, whereas the teens talking via email or in real life are gradually falling.
The line graph
shows
the four
different
ways of communication among adolescents (aged 12-19) in one state in the US for a three-year period from 2006 to 2009. Teens communicate using
text
messages
, email,
phone
calls or talking face-to-face.
Overall
, youths
used
their
phones
more to talk to one another than talking in real life. The per cent of the
teenagers
who
used
text
messages
increased
steadily
from 2006 to 2008, when the number of
text
messages
rose
dramatically
from around 40% to over 55% for
just
one year. The number of adolescents that talked face-to-face grew with
only
five percent for the period.
Moreover
the
teenagers
who
used
calls on cell
phones
fluctuated over the three years reaching a peak in 2007 at around 40 % which was the highest rate for the year.
However
, communicating via the email became less popular among youths, by 2009
only
approximately 10 percent of the youths
used
it.
In conclusion
, with the increasing sell
phone
rates the number of
text
messages
and calls is growing, whereas the teens talking via email or in real life are
gradually
falling.