Texting is the preferred mode of contact for nearly a third of text messaging users, according to the latest study from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Thirty-one percent
said they prefer a text to a phone call when someone is trying to reach them.
The findings, which can be accessed here -- http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Cell-Phone-Texting-2011.aspx --
also indicate that text messaging has become a "ubiquitous part of mobile life:" Adult text messaging users exchange an average of 41.5 messages per day, with the median user sending or receiving ten
text messages daily.
Young adults are the most avid texters by a wide margin: Cell owners between the ages of 18 and 24, exchange an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day. That works out
to more than 3,200 texts per month.