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Girls continue to lead the charge as the teen blogosphere grows; 28% of on-line teens have created a blog, up from 19% in 2004. 

Most teens restrict access to their posted photos and videos – at least some of the time.

10 per cent of adolescents at risk

"internet addiction" – computer use that interferes with daily lives

In Greece and the US, studies found 8 per cent of adolescents could be classified as computer addicts. In China, where Dr Lam helped conducted recent research, the level of addictive computer use was 14 per cent. "I would say in Australia we would be following the same trend," he said.

Digital Access is the topic that talks about how many people in the world have access to technology and internet.

Digital exclusion

if every single person in the world was granted access to the internet, there would be a much higher level of educated people, which will lead to a better future.

Spurred by the unlimited texting plans

The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.

Psychologists expect to see teenagers break free from their parents as they grow into autonomous adults, Professor Turkle went on, “but if technology makes something like staying in touch very, very easy, that’s harder to do; now you have adolescents who are texting their mothers 15 times a day, asking things like, ‘Should I get the red shoes or the blue shoes?’ ”