More than half of teens make new friends online

Do not forget to make friends in the lunch room? For many teenagers of today, friendship can start online. According to a recently released report by Pew Research Center, 57% of teenagers meet new friends online and nearly 29% say they made more than 5 friends in online games such as digital space and Facebook.

Researchers surveyed more than 1,000 young people between the ages of 13 and 17 in English and Spanish. They discovered that most online contacts remain online. There are only one in ten out of five who have personally seen a friend online.

In the digital world, where do young people meet new friends? Among the boys who make friends online, video games are hot spots - 57% are online friends in online games. For girls, 78% of people making friends online met on social media sites like Facebook and Instagram.

The report also discovered that most teenagers of social media use it as a way to keep in touch with existing friends. 70% of respondents say that they will approach their feelings.

But there is a challenge. The majority of young social media users (88%) believe that people share too much information about themselves. Also, teenagers exert pressure to post content that looks good for others, so that someone can post content that can not be changed or managed.

Lenhart, deputy research director of Pew Research Center said, "Youths are still spending a lot of time with friends, especially at school." Also, boys, online video games are deeply integrated into the process of forming and maintaining youth friendship.

What is the best way for young people to keep in touch? This is not surprising - the report found that 88% of teenagers sent text to their friends and 55% of them are sending text messages everyday.

But before you try to agree on e-mail with children from 13 to 17 years, you may think twice: only 6% of teenagers e-mail friends everyday.

For American teenagers, making friends is not limited to campuses, sports areas, or communities - many people bring new friends online. 57% of teens aged 13 to 17 meet online new friends and 29% say they made more than 5 new friends online. Most of these friendships are in digital space, and only 20% of teenagers saw netizens personally. The most common place to meet online with friends is social media sites like Facebook and Instagram (64% of youth meet online with social media online), followed by online video games (36%). Girls who meet new friends online are more likely to meet through social media (78% vs. 52% boys), the likelihood that boys meet each other when playing online increases (57% and 13% girls)

More than half of people are bringing their friends online. 57% of teenagers have established contact with someone through social media and online games and they may not encounter this situation in real life. Most friendships stay online, actually only 20% actually meet online friends, but by connecting with people you have never joined, you will be able to communicate with other cultures, socio-economic demographics, cities Understanding increases. It is a good method. SMS is the most common form of communication. You may already know. When most teenagers meet new friends, the first thing they share is their number so that they can write text to each other. (Funny fact: Boys are more likely to share their game pads than girls.) 55% of teenagers are comparing text messages with their friends everyday.