Smartphone technology has become popular over the past decades, but whether it is more beneficial or harmful continues to be debated. According to a survey conducted in 2023, 70 percent of U.S. teenagers think that smartphones have more benefits than harm, while the rest think the opposite.
Share of teenagers in the United States who consider smartphones as more beneficial than harmful as of October 2023
The source adds the following information: "Percentage of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say, when it comes to people their age using a smartphone, there are generally..."
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Pew Research Center. (June 11, 2024). Share of teenagers in the United States who consider smartphones as more beneficial than harmful as of October 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481357/us-teenagers-smartphones-benefits-harm/
Pew Research Center. "Share of teenagers in the United States who consider smartphones as more beneficial than harmful as of October 2023." Chart. June 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481357/us-teenagers-smartphones-benefits-harm/
Pew Research Center. (2024). Share of teenagers in the United States who consider smartphones as more beneficial than harmful as of October 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481357/us-teenagers-smartphones-benefits-harm/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Teenagers in The United States Who Consider Smartphones as More Beneficial than Harmful as of October 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481357/us-teenagers-smartphones-benefits-harm/
Pew Research Center, Share of teenagers in the United States who consider smartphones as more beneficial than harmful as of October 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481357/us-teenagers-smartphones-benefits-harm/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Share of teenagers in the United States who consider smartphones as more beneficial than harmful as of October 2023 [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1481357/us-teenagers-smartphones-benefits-harm/
