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Period: to
Silent Generation
Average texts sent/week: 18
Average texts rec’d/week: 18
Average emails sent/week:28
Average emails rec’d/week:140
Average calls to friends/week:13
Average calls rec’d from friends/wk:12
Main source for news: more than one
News rec’d via: seeking it out
Average number of internet devices used: 2 -
Period: to
Baby Boomers
Baby Boomer:
Average texts sent/week: 24
Average texts rec’d/week: 26
Average emails sent/week:93
Average emails rec’d/week:172
Average calls to friends/week:10
Average calls rec’d from friends/wk:9
Main source for news: TV
News rec’d via: Mix of flow to and seek out
Average number of internet devices used: 3 -
Period: to
Generation X
Average texts sent/week: 83
Average texts rec’d/week: 88
Average emails sent/week: 94
Average emails rec’d/week: 186
Average calls to friends/week:12
Average calls rec’d from friends/wk:9
Main source for news: Internet
News rec’d via: Flows to them
Average number of internet devices used: 3 -
Period: to
Generation Y
Average texts sent/week: 78
Average texts rec’d/week: 82
Average emails sent/week:98
Average emails rec’d/week:182
Average calls to friends/week:9
Average calls rec’d from friends/wk:7
Main source for news: Internet
News rec’d via: Mix of both, flow to them and seek out
Average number of internet devices used: 3 -
Period: to
Generation @
Average texts sent/week: 209
Average texts rec’d/week: 264
Average emails sent/week:30
Average emails rec’d/week:80
Average calls to friends/week:9
Average calls rec’d from friends/wk:10
Main source for news: More than one source
News rec’d via: Mix of both, flow to them and seek out
Average number of internet devices used: 3