More than 70 per cent of the teenagers in the city spend at least one hour everyday online, according to a survey report released today.
The TCS Youth Survey report said, "71 per cent of the respondents spend at least an hour everyday online. While 31 per cent of them respond to notifications once a day, 30 per cent respond within 5 minutes."
The survey aims to capture the digital habits of children between the age group 12-18 years.
However, when it comes to news, the survey finds traditional media as the king.
"Overall, TV and newspapers were the most used means of consuming news (75 per cent) followed by links from friends/ family on Facebook and online sources," it said.
Face to face communication is still the most preferred way of communication with friends (36 per cent) as compared to phone calls and social media, the survey said.
The report said that 43 per cent of the respondents' online activities are monitored by parents and a similar percentage of the respondents' parents have access to their online accounts.
Smartphones were found to be the most coveted electronic gadget (82 per cent) among Kolkata teens. "It is interesting to note that smartphones are also the most popular mode of accessing the internet (48 per cent) followed by computers," the report said.
When it comes to social networking, Facebook leads the front with 90 per cent of those surveyed using the site, followed by Google+ and Twitter.
For online shopping, 85 per cent of the respondents said they use e-commerce sites. Electronic gadgets (51 per cent) were the most popular buy for the youths closely followed by books and clothes.
