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What is participant society? This phrase makes central the idea of the internet and mobile phones. . People who use the internet are the largest audience ever in modern communications. The [|commercialization] of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. As of 2009, an estimated quarter of Earth's population used the services of the Internet. Internet study is the study of as audience In 2010 two students looked at Face book internet audience = = =**Social Networks**= =   =

Traditional mores say that texting when you're with someone is rude. But is it really? Just look at today's teenagers—tomorrow's arbiters of behavior. For them, SMSing one person while hanging out with another is normal and expected; it may even be an inclusive gesture. Cultural anthropologists who have studied teen texting agree that it isn't just about instant gratification. According to[|Mimi Ito], an expert on the cellie habits of Japanese teens, texting those who couldn't be there lets everyone feel they're part of a larger social network. Indeed, many draw no distinction between socializing in person or by cell, and they see no reason to favor one over the other.

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Granted, teenage manners rarely offer a model of etiquette. But here they reflect a great technological divide. This is the first generation to grow up with ubiquitous mobile access, and young folks are bound to carry the principles they've developed into adulthood. Like it or not, current teenage-texting habits will soon be the general norm.======

= youth Audience =

Two youth. USA. Leaving Santa Monica Pier,CA. Sunday afternoon. May. 2009.( Photo courtesy of Stephanie Beth)

Beth 27/7/09