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Emirati Teens More Internet Savvy And Superb Virtual Multi-taskers
Internet is here to stay - be it searching for information; keeping in touch with friends and family or grooving to new beats!! Especially for Emirati teens internet is now an addiction reveals 2012 AMRB TRU teens study. MENA teenagers are more tech savvy and engage in more online activities compared to the average global teens. They do maximize each and every single service available on the net – from using search engines, to social networking, to watching music videos, to playing games.Looking for information via search engines is the top activity among teens at a global, regional and country level. Visiting social networking sites is almost unanimous – at least nine out of ten have logged on to their social networking account, higher among older teenagers.
Correspondences (e.g. e-mail, chatting and instant messaging) are also very popular online activities more so among older teens probably because they have more friends than the younger ones. Using location based services is something which is very commonly used by a Emirati teen as compared to a global teen. Watching TV shows/ movies online is also a popular internet activity – especially high among Emirati females.
