For Teens, Phone Calls Are Reserved for Closer Relationships (Pew Article)

Anderson, M. (2015, August 17). For teens, phone calls are reserved for closer relationships. Retrieved November 30, 2015, from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/17/for-teens-phone-calls-are-reserved-for-closer-relationships/

Although texting has become a prominent way of communicating, phone calls have not totally disappeared. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey on teens, technology, and friendships the survey found that phone calls are an important way teens connect especially with their closest friends. I am glad because honestly there is nothing better than to have a real conversation instead of the emotionless texting.

The survey found that 52% of the teens surveyed said that a phone number for calling is one of the first three types of information they would share with someone. The top reason stated (80%) by the teens that they give their phone number to new friends is for texting. When you make a new friend it is easier to text them than to have phone conversations.

Yet when teens consider a friend to be close they stated that phone calls are more common. According to the survey 69% of teens cited phone calls as one of their top choices for talking with their best friends. One teen in the survey mentioned that giving their phone number to a new person was too much information. Another stated that talking to a new friend on the phone can be awkward. Yet another teen explained that phone calls are only reserved for more intimate relationships with close friends because if they are your best friends you will want to talk to them on the phone because you have more to talk about.

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