Teen Social Life: peer Pressure and Texting Effects

Peer pressure significantly shapes teenage decision-making and social standing. Modern social lives are further transformed by texting, affecting how adolescents communicate and form relationships.

Teenage friends text messaging on cell phones

How Has Texting Affected the Social Lives of Teens?

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Jayne Blanchard

Talking on the phone is so old school. Most teens today prefer texting. About 75 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States own cellphones, and 75 percent of these teens send text messages, according to the Pew Research Center's Pew 2010 Internet and American Life Project.

Jayne Blanchard's work as a journalist and editor has appeared in "The Washington Post," "Psychology Today," "Brides," "Newsday," "USA Today," "Cosmopolitan," "ADAM," "Style" magazine and myriad other publications. In addition to writing about health, travel and women's issues, she has also worked as a movie reviewer and theater critic and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.