"Adults email – Teens IM"

[Link to the story] … which is not really much of a story for those of us who have teens in the house; yet, it is the scope of the difference between adults and teens that’s interesting.  Adults are doing less IM … hmmmmm …

Although the article mentions some potential confusion among adults as to whether to include IMs from phones and web sites, I’m curious about the amount of IMs at work – especially if the organization uses some networked instant message/chat tool.

Nearly half of teens ages 13 to 18 use instant messaging … Three-quarters of adults said they sent more e-mails than instant messages. The ratio was nearly reversed for teens …

Another lil’ personal observation … when a teen says the email each other, they’re likely referring to sending notes to each other’s My Space pages.  Not really emailing.