@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/2011.039.003.017, author = "Courtois, Cédric and Paulussen, Steve and Mechant, Peter and De Marez, Lieven", title = "Het techno-subsysteem van de Vlaamse tiener", journal= "Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap", year = "2011", volume = "39", number = "3", pages = "", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/2011.039.003.017", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/2011.039.003.017", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "1875-7286", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "ICT,new media,teenagers,techno-subsystem,domestication", abstract = "Flemish teenagers’ techno-subsystem: choices in the use of communication technologies Flemish teenagers’ techno-subsystem: choices in the use of communication technologies Nowadays teenagers are confronted with a variety of technologies to accommodate their interpersonal communication. In this article, we focus on the communication technology choices of a representative sample of 1725 Flemish teenagers, aged 12 to 18. The results show text messaging to be the most popular means to communicate with a large variety of communication partners of all ages, embedded in a variety of systems within the ecology of adolescent development. Online communication however mainly accounts for communication with peers. By means of additional quantitative data and a qualitative follow-up study, these results are put into the context of the ownership and everyday usage meanings of these technologies.", }