Young Latinos Enjoy Mobile Technology
Wednesday, 02 February 2011 02:51
In today's growing world of technology, people constantly have information at the push of a button. Whether on your phone or wireless device, information can be spread in an instant. Most information can be found on social networking websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, where users can updates statuses and communicate with each other without being in the same room. As people are moving toward these websites and the technology available at their fingertips, Latinos are also doing the same.
In a study done by the Pew Research Center, Latinos are making use of the technology that is available to them. In the July 2010 study, young Latinos tend to text message, talk on their phones and use a social networking website more than anything else. Also, Latinos are less likely to meet someone in person, talk from their home phone or use email to communicate, according to the study.
Despite the increasing numbers of Latinos using mobile technology to communicate, they use it less than their non-Latino counterparts.
"Among young Hispanics, just under half of Hispanics text daily, compared with 64 percent of non-Hispanics. When it comes to talking with friends daily via cell phone, there is less of a difference -- 44 percent of Hispanics say they do compared with half of non-Hispanics who say the same," according to the study.
Jesus Cota, an undecided freshman at the University of Arizona, said he mainly uses text messaging and Facebook to communicate with his friends.
"I use Facebook for about two hours each day and send texts throughout the day," Cota said. "But other than that I really don't use any other ways to communicate with friends or family."
He added the reason why he only uses texts and Facebook is because all his friends have a profile on the social networking website and most of the time they have their phone with them to receive messages. However, one of his friends uses all his options available to stay in touch with his friends.
Nyle James, a pre-engineering freshmen, spends most of his free time using text messages, Facebook, Skype and the occasional phone call to communicate with friends and family.
He said it's the best way to communicate with all his friends and family who live back home in Tempe, Ariz.
"Since most of my best friends are still in high school, they spend more time on the computer than I do. So I find the best way to talk to them while I'm doing my homework," James said.
In addition, the study investigates how Latinos between the ages of 16 to 25 use text messaging and cell phones to communicate than Latinos 26 years or old and how Latinos females tend use mobile technology more than their male counterparts.
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