Teens text, they’d rather not talk

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A RECENT article by Radio New Zealand highlighted a shift in teenagers’ communication patterns, in which they choose not to answer incoming calls despite having their phones in hand.

This trend is emerging due to the changing digital landscape and social norms whereby individuals are able to respond asynchronously and have more freedom to think about the way they want to respond to messages.