Teens see a future without the web

Fifty-six per cent of teenagers think that they will spend less time online once they turn 18, a survey has found.

The report from Habbo.co.uk found that many school-aged children forsee a future of university, socialising and work preventing them from spending as much time online.

However, the current generation of teenagers are very tech-savvy, with 89 per cent owning a mobile phone with a camera and 61 per cent having uploaded a video to the web.

The report also found that the web was an important way for teens to experiment with identity, with many associating themselves with various sub-cultural movements rather than just one.

Seventeen per cent of the 3,500 teenagers questioned described themselves as being part of a hip hop tribe, with 10 per cent embracing the indie sub-culture and seven per cent describing themselves as emos.

Seventy-five per cent of respondents said that the web had helped them get in touch with other like-minded people.

Oisin Lunny, country manager for Habbo UK said: "It's no longer important to align with one tribe; instead young people use a host of digital tools to illustrate different aspects of their life across different social groups, networks and online profiles."