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    The survey found that 36% of smartphone users use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, or iMessage, while 17% use apps that automatically delete sent messages like Snapchat and Wickr. These apps are particularly popular among young adults between 18-19, with 49% using messaging apps and 41% using deleting messaging apps. Messaging apps offer a private form of communication and do not use cellular data when connected to WiFi. The emergence of these new communication tools has added complexity to how people interact online and on mobile devices. Overall, 85% of adults use the internet and 67% use smartphones.

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    The survey found that 36% of smartphone users use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, or iMessage, while 17% use apps that automatically delete sent messages like Snapchat and Wickr. These apps are particularly popular among young adults between 18-19, with 49% using messaging apps and 41% using deleting messaging apps. Messaging apps offer a private form of communication and do not use cellular data when connected to WiFi. The emergence of these new communication tools has added complexity to how people interact online and on mobile devices. Overall, 85% of adults use the internet and 67% use smartphones.

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    The survey found that 36% of smartphone users use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, or iMessage, while 17% use apps that automatically delete sent messages like Snapchat and Wickr. These apps are particularly popular among young adults between 18-19, with 49% using messaging apps and 41% using deleting messaging apps. Messaging apps offer a private form of communication and do not use cellular data when connected to WiFi. The emergence of these new communication tools has added complexity to how people interact online and on mobile devices. Overall, 85% of adults use the internet and 67% use smartphones.

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    Mobile Messaging and Social Media 2015

    Along with asking about usage of mobile messaging apps, the survey also tracked usage of a

    variety of social media platforms and online forums. Among the In today’s world, people -

    particularly young people – are continually finding adapting new ways of communicating

    electronically to fit their needs. Case in point: 2015 marks the first time Pew Research Center has

    asked specifically about mobile messaging apps a separate kind of mobile activity apart from cell

    phone texting. And already, according to a new survey, 36% smart phone owners report using

    messaging apps such a WhatsApp, Kik or iMessage, and 17% use apps that automatically delete

    sent messages such a Snapchat or Wickr.

    Both of these kinds of apps are particularly popular among young adults. Half (49%) smartphone

    owners ages 18 to 19 use messaging apps, while 41% use apps that automatically delete sent

    message. These apps are free, and when connected to Wi-Fi, they do not use up SMS (Short

    Messaging Service) or other data. Furthermore, they offer a more private kind of social media

    platforms such as Facebook or Twitter.

    The results in this report reflect the noteworthy and rapid emergence of different kinds of

    communications tool serving different social needs. These new tools add to an already complex

    and varied terrain of online and mobile interaction.

    Overall, this survey found that 85% of adults are internet users and 67% are smartphone users.

    Throughout this report, analysis is largerly based on these groups

    key findings:
    Summary

    Recent studies show 36% use WhatsApp. Kik or iMessage and 17% use apps that automatically

    delete sent messages like Snapchat and Wicker, this study was done by the Pew Research Center.

    These apps are mostly used by young adults ages 18 to 19, it shows that 49% used messaging

    apps and 41% uses automatically delete a sent message. These apps are needed to be connected

    to WIFI and it is free to use. Aside from being free to use, it offers privacy to the user.

    This report shows messaging has been changing ever since smartphones were developed. Young

    adults were the pioneers of this new age messaging apps; they were the basis on how to adopt

    new kinds of messaging apps. The overall statistics of the survey found 85% of adults are a user

    of the internet and 67% are smartphone users.


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    I am a user of messenger apps because I own smartphone that I use every day to communicate,

    take pictures and update my social media. I guess a young adult like us contributes much to the

    changes in technology, especially to messaging apps that everyone now uses and it kept on

    changing because of numerous demand of a user’s like us, from simple messaging to sending

    picks through online, videos and many more.

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