Texting in the News

2014 News

Feb 26
Police investigating sexting issue at Walpole High School

Sexting scandal at Walpole High

 

Feb 4
WIRED.COM: Text Me: SMS Still Crushing It After 20 Years

 

2013 News

July 9
FOX21NEWS.COM: Socks stop texting and driving 

July 1
GOTHAMIST.COM: Cuomo Signs Tougher Texting-While-Driving Law: “It’s Not Okay For People To Do This” 

June 24
RGJ.COM: Crisis Call Center in Reno seeks teens to help peers in trouble 

June 16
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE: Textiquette: Prevalence of texting raises questions of manners 

May 15
FOXNEWS LATINO: Cellphone Carriers Stand Together On Anti-Texting ‘It Can Wait’ Campaign 

May 13
NPR: Teens Who Text And Drive Often Take Other Risks 

April 25
NJSPOTLIGHT: At Cyberbullying Conference, Experts and Educators Try to Define Line Between Texting and Trouble 

April 23
MERCURYNEWS.COM: Voice-activated texting doesn’t mean safer driving 

April 12
TODAYSTMJ4.COM: The text effect: How texting can derail your teen’s social development 

April 3
TEENHEALTHFX.COM: Texting Addictions 

March 22
HUFFINGTON POST: How I Spy On My Kids Online 

March 7
CBS MIAMI: Texting and Driving Put To The Test 

March 7
MIAMI HERALD: Bill to ban texting while driving picks up speed in Florida legislature 

February 6
FOX: Florida father’s crusade to ban texting while driving 

February 5
13 NEWS: Disney joins statewide coalition against texting and driving 

January 26
WHNT: Study – Voice-Text May Not Be Safer Than Texting 

January 15
SCARY MOMMY: Texting Your Teen – A Lesson Of What Not To Do 

 

2012 News

December 13
PCMAG.COM: Infographic – The Dark Side of Teen Texting 

December 5
GIZMODO: Sexting on Snapchat Isn’t as Safe as You Think 

November 26
MYFOXDETROIT.COM: Service gives you a report on your teen’s driving 

November 9
FOXNEWS.COM: Sex, Drugs More Common in Hyper-Texting Teens 

November 8
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Can’t stop texting and driving? These apps can help 

October 25
MPR NEWS: 8 tips to stop your teen’s texting and driving habit 

October 12
HEALTHLINE: Sexting Can Lead to Sexual Risk-Taking in Adolescents 

October 1
YAHOO!: Teens Move Beyond Sexting to Sexcasting: Alarming Trend of Tweens and Teens Broadcasting Digital Videos of Themselves or Others Committing Suggestive, Sexual Acts 

September 17
FOXNEWS.COM: ‘Sexting’ again linked to risky sex among teens 

August 29
SUN SENTINEL.COM: Plantation man “sexted” another boy before arrest 

August 13
CO-EXIST: DoSomething.org Turns To Texting To Help Teens On The Brink 

July 31
THE DETROIT NEWS: Schools in Troy seek to curb sexting 

July 27
AMELIBRO PRESS: Heroin’s Puppet – Amy (and her disease) 

July 05
MASHABLE: More Than A Quarter Of Teens Sext [STUDY]

June 14
VENTUREBEAT: Sex, drugs, and SMS: A look inside teens’ texting habits 

June 6
CNN: Massachusetts teen convicted of homicide in texting-while-driving case 

May 20
THE DAILY BEAST: Teens Text More Than Adults, But They’re Still Just Teens 

March 19
PEW RESEARCH CENTER: Teens, Smartphones & Texting – Texting Volume Is Up while the Frequency of Voice Calling Is Down 

March 03
TIME TECH: 92 Teen Text Terms Decoded for Confused Parents 

February 10
NEWS & TRIBUNE: New Albany man accused of ‘sexting’ 11-year-old 

February 10
CBS: Fayette Co. Man Accused Of Sexting 12-Year-Old Girl 

 

2011 News

December 28
STANDARD-EXAMINER: :( Texting leads to arrests 

December 13
ABC NEWS: NTSB Recommends Banning Texting, Cell Phones While Driving 

March 28
CNN HEALTH: The secret life of kids online: What you need to know 

January 27
PR NEWSWIRE: Can a Texting Program Make Schools Safer? Expert Says Yes and Reveals What Your Child’s School Needs NOW 

 

2010 News

December 16
3 NEWS: Mother of suicidal text bullying victim speaks out

September 21
ABC GOOD MORNING AMERICA: How to Decode Slang Your Teen Uses Online 

August 26
CNN: Parents, do you know what these texts mean? 

August 02
USA TODAY: Most teens still driving while distracted

May 10
NPR: Working To Stop Teens Texting Behind The Wheel 

March 30
SLATE: Suicide in South Hadley 

March 19
CBS NEWS: Text Messages Led To Brutal Beating of Teenage Girl, Say Cops 

 

2008 News

October 03
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN AND UNPLANNED PREGNANCY: Sex and Tech – Results From A Survey Of Teens And Young Adults