Smart phones are the most coveted electronic gadgets amongst Bhubaneswar teenagers.
According to a youth survey conducted by the Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) in the State capital, 82 per cent of teenagers use smart phones. These gadgets have become the most popular mode of accessing the internet (46 per cent), closely followed by desktops/home PCs and laptops (44 per cent).
The survey also says that youngsters of Bhubaneswar are more active on Facebook with usage percentage of 93, followed by Google+ (used by 62 per cent).
An interesting observation is that boys are more active online and on social networking sites compared to girls.
Twitter is also gaining popularity among teenagers in city with 53 per cent respondents having twitter accounts. Twitter is more popular among teen boys (58%) than girls (36 per cent).
Whatsapp is by far the most popular instant messaging platform (73 per cent) used by Bhubaneswar Gen Z, the survey states. It is distantly followed by SMS (12 per cent).
Around 31 per cent of the respondents of the survey said they spend at least an hour everyday online. 39 per cent of the respondents online activities are monitored by their parents and 53 per cent of the parents have access to their online accounts.
An interesting trend among the teens is to break free from organised learning environment and move towards the online learning space, indicating the popularity that DIY and collaborative learning is gaining.
Twenty-nine per cent of the respondents use video chat to learn a new hobby and 16 per cent go online to do school assignments.