Teenagers and the Internet

Teenagers today are the first “Internet children.” Computers are part of their lives, just like televisions, telephones, and mobiles.

A new survey shows that British teenagers use the Internet for about eight hours a week. Older people use the Internet to find information, to read the news or to shop online, but their children use the Internet to communicate with friends with e-mail and instant messaging. More and more teenagers write their own blogs, too. Here’s an amazing fact: someone starts a new blog every second!

Bloggers usually write about their lives. They write about their interests and often list their favourite websites too. Some bloggers are away from home. Their friends and family can read their blogs and find out all their news. Blogs often have pictures on their pages. Sometimes the pictures are from mobile phones, where they are called moblogs! Of course, some blogs and moblogs are boring, but some can be great!