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According to a recent study of Cleveland-area teens, “hyper texters” and “hyper networkers” are more likely to indulge in fighting, drugs, binge drinking, and sex than their peers. 

“Hyper texters” are defined as teens who send more than 120 (!) text messages in a day. “Hyper networkers” are those who spend more than three hours a day on social networks. Hyper texters are three and a half times more likely than their peers to engage in sexual activity. Hyper networkers, are apparently more into the whole drinking and fighting thing.

The authors of the study, which looked at more than 20 high schools in the Cleveland area, stated that one in every five teens is a hyper texter and one in every nine is a hyper networker.