Indian teens addicted to laptops, Facebook and Whatsapp: report
A recent survey by TCS has pointed out
that teens in India still prefer laptops and PCs over smartphones.
India
is riding on the digital wave of innovation and teenagers top the list when it
comes to social networks and gadgets, according to a recent report.
In
the past, there have been numerous
reports which indicate that teens have a much higher social presence than
among all other age groups.
A
recent survey by TCS has pointed out that teens in India still prefer laptops
and PCs over smartphones for browsing, despite the rising popularity of mobile
devices. The survey was mainly targeted students from 8th to 12th
standard.
”Technology
has transformed young India. The gadgets considered as luxuries earlier have
swiftly become necessities making an impact on both their student and personal
lives. The survey was undertaken to get a pulse of the digital habits of school
students from class 8-12,” the Survey said.
The
GenZ Survey revealed that desktops, home PCs and laptops are the most popular
methods of accessing the internet (44 per cent), which is just one per cent
more than the smartphone count.
Moving
on, approximately 26 per cent respondents said they spend at least an hour
everyday online, while 27 per cent said they respond to notifications within 5
minutes of receiving them.
Social
media frenzy
Facebook
leads the forefront in terms of usage (86 percent) followed by Google+ (65
percent). The survey found that boys are more active online and on social
networking sites as compared to the girls. Another 49 percent said their
online activities are monitored by parents and 48 percent respondents said
their parents have access to their online accounts.
The
teenagers are also moving away from organised learning environment, towards the
online learning space indicating the popularity that do-it-yourself (DIY) and
collaborative learning is gaining. About 21 per cent respondents said they
used video chat to learn a new hobby, followed by school assignments (20.5 per
cent) and educational tutorials (15 per cent).
Not
surprisingly, WhatsApp was rated as the most popular instant messaging platform
(71 per cent), distantly followed by SMS (12 per cent).
However,
face to face communication is still the most preferred way of communication
with friends (40 per cent) as compared to phone calls and social media, the
survey pointed.
A
majority of the teenagers (87 per cent) said they shop online with electronic
gadgets (57 per cent) being the most popular buy, followed by books (50 per
cent) and clothes (37 per cent).
For
their dose of news, Gen Z prefers TV and newspapers (79 per cent) followed by
links from friends/family on Facebook (38 per cent) and online sources (34 per
cent).
Source | http://www.deccanchronicle.com/
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