Research Articles on mobile phones and youth -

1. Mobile Phone usage among college students in America – Aoki & Downes (2003)

2. Cross-cultural comparison of perceptions and uses of mobile telephones among college students – Campbell (2007) (full text)

3. Mobile phone usage and social networks among young Russian adults – Gladarev & Lonkila (2008)

4. Gender differences in social networking through mobile phones among Japanese college students – Igarashi, Takai, & Yaoshida (2005)

5. Comparison of Internet and mobile phone usage among Japanese and Taiwanese youth – Ishii & Wu (2006)

6. Use of mobile phones as fashion items among Japanese and American college students – Katz & Sugiyama (2006)

7. Gratifications sought by college students in Hong Kong from pager use – Leung & Wei (1998)

8. Social meaning behind adoption of mobile phones by teens in Norway – Ling (2007)

9. Mobile phone usage among Norwegian youth – Ling (2007)

10. What is the appropriate age for children and young people to adopt mobile phones – Ling & Helmersen (2000)

11. Mobile phones as an object of fashion and personal display among teens in Norway – Ling (2001)

12. The diffusion of mobile phones among youth in Norway – Ling (2001)

13. The impact of mobile phones on parental and peer relationships of teens in Norway – Ling & Yttri (2003)

14. Mobile Communication culture among Finnish teenagers and its implications for social interaction - Oksman & Turtiainen (2004)

15. Issues concerning new communication technologies and youth – Thurlow & McKay (2003)

16. Youth culture and cell phone branding in China – Wang (2005)

17. Gratifications of cell phone use among college students in Taiwan – Wei & Lo (2006)

18. Use of mobile phones by teens in South Korea  – Yoon (2003)

Rich Ling  is a sociologist and researches mobile phone usage among Norwegian youth -

In his paper titled, Children, youth and mobile communication, he writes that on one hand mobile phones allow emancipation of youth from parents and on other, it serves as a portal to peer group.

In this paper, The adoption, use and social consequences of mobile telephony, he writes about the adoption of mobile phones, popularity of SMS, and personalization of mobile phones.

In this paper, Mobile communications vis – a – vis teens emancipation, peer group integration and deviance, he write about how mobile phones are an aspect of teen experience in Norway and they allow emancipation and social integration with peers.