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Blair, Bethany L.; Fletcher, Anne C.; Gaskin, Erin R. – Youth & Society, 2015
The primary aim of this study was to examine how and why adolescents make decisions regarding whether to conduct their communication via texting versus calling features of cellular telephones. Individual semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with 41 adolescents aged 14 to 18 focusing on their use of calling and texting when…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Telecommunications, Written Language
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Berg, Margaret A. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
This discourse analysis study examines the use of online texts in the live conversations of adolescents at and around computers in the Young Adult section of a Midwestern public library serving a diverse SES population. On the cusp of cyberspace, where online texts influence conversation and the conversation influences the creation of online…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Young Adults, Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication