Lenhart, A.; Purcell, K.; Smith, Aaron; and Zickuhr. February 3, 2010. Social Media and Mobile Internet Use Among Adolescents and Young AdultsThe Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project studies behavior and attitudes toward cell phones and shines a spotlight on the generation of teenagers and young adults who use cell phones, a context between 18 years and older. -29- years old. This project has conducted up to 100 surveys and written up to 200 reports on adolescents and Internet use, as Lenhart, Purcell, Smith and Zickuhr explain in the research. She and other colleagues also reported how their findings on social media and Internet use among older children compared to data between adolescents and older children. Lenhart's current data draws a hypothesis from this study: This research began between June and August with 800 adolescents aged 12 to 17 who use cell phones as a source of their online behavior more than in the real world. do they behave more online than in the real world when it comes to social media? According to this study, approximately 93 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 go online more often than in real life. In comparison, adults are therefore no less likely to be online in September 2009. In December 2009, Lenhart claimed that 74 percent of adults communicate with friends on the Internet. Geser, H. (2004). Towards a sociological theory of the mobile telephone. Retrieved July 12, 2005 from http://socio.ch/mobile/t_geser1.pdfOne of the main functional reasons for using the mobile phone is the functionality of one's life and concerns. During adolescence, time transcends family boundaries and generates networks with peers and classmates. Geser suggests that ...... middle of article ......matics and Informatics, 20, 349-364. Print.This brief review explains that in recent years, wireless devices such as telephones, pagers, and computers have become more popular than any other device among users experienced in their use. For example, the number of cell phone subscribers in the United States increased significantly, from 109 million in 2000 to 148.6 million in 2002, according to a study by eMarketer (LetsTalk Cell Phone Survey, 2002); Aoki and Downes explained that the article's introduction highlights the increase in cell phones. To test why Americans own cell phones and create their own interest in technology, Aoki and Downes use data from Joseph P. Schackner's 2002 Scarborough Research study. cell phones did not yield results. enough information about cell phones and it was like that until a few years ago.