Teenagers 17 and older are leaders when it comes to adopting new technology and are twice as likely to be early users of some key new technologies as younger teens according to a JupiterResearch report "Teens and New Technology: Understanding the Adoption Cycle".

Most teens are not as careless as is generally perceived when it comes to managing their personal online information according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

A new Harris Interactive poll called YouthQuery examines the way teens communicate using a variety of technologies such as the Internet, cell phone, text messaging and other forms of communication. According to Suzanne Martin, PhD, Youth and Education Researcher at Harris Interactive, “Teens utilize different modes of communication in different social contexts".

A study was released recently indicating that the vast majority of Canadian teens are unaware of the dangers and privacy issues of the internet.

Social networking sites have generated controversy and concern for many parents and teachers. Just who is your teen chatting with on MySpace? Is it a friend from school or some dirty old man down the street pretending to be someone else?

An AP-AOL study reveals some surprising, and not so surprising, data about instant messaging.

The Breakfast Club is a lot different these days. A leather jacket, a sports car, the right girlfriend may all still be factors (but I wouldn’t know, I’m 30) for weighing teen social status, but so is the number of people on your friends list.

Emoticons are so 2003, according to a report released by Nielsen//NetRatings.

Rocking safe in the digital era doesn’t mean making sure the cat’s not behind your chair. In Houston, it’s about educating online youngsters about the dangers of social networking while you bang your head to the latest MySpace rockers. Yeah, I know, “bang your head” is so Quiet Riot.

TechCrunch has more information on AIM Pages, AOL’s effort to court the MySpace crowd.

Using Tremor’s hard-earned insights on word of mouth (WOM) marketing to teens, P&G is asking Mom to spread the word through its new WOM venture, Vocalpoint.

In a study that is both interesting and destined to get more attention than it should, A Couple of Chicks Marketing has published the findings of a 125-student survey on search engine use and online travel brands.

While instant messaging has increased across all user ages, teens in particular have been sending a lot more IMs than email; business users send nearly a billion IMs each workday.

In case you’re awake at night wondering about the upcoming generation’s thoughts on things like music and movie downloads, get some sleep. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, teens not only download the movies and music at no charge, they don’t much care about copyright infringement and other pesky federal laws.

Ever wonder what your teenagers are doing? How are they spending their time? There’s a legitimate chance they’re loading something online. According to the new Pew Internet and American Life Project study, 57% of online teens create content for the Internet. This means about 12 million kids, 12-17 or about half of all teens are content creators.

Pew Internet and Life said in a recent report that 57 percent of teens now create Internet content, whether it is a blog, a web page, or simply sharing offline content online.

Jeffrey McManus posted some notes from a session about “What Teens Want” at the Web 2.0 conference. Much of it isn’t terribly surprising …

We know blogging is growing in popularity. We know there are millions of em and thousands more popping up everyday. Use of image hosting has also grown exponentially and Nielsen/NetRatings says there’s a correlation between the two. With nearly 15 million unique users since January, image hosting is picking up steam.

There’s an interesting report at Pew Internet on Teens and Technology which is the second this week that highlights the opportunities for tapping into the younger internet using market.

They are online, half of them on a daily basis, and use the Internet for news, games, and instant messaging.

An old adage may need to be rearranged to state, “let sleeping kids lie.” The latest research involving teens and sleep says that school schedules break up an important sleep routine.