The following is a link to a press release from Pew/Internet & American Life Project titled "Teens do not consider a lot of their electronic texts as writing" that was posted to the WPA listserv. The article begins as follows:

WASHINGTON – The state of writing among teens today is marked by an interesting paradox: While teens are heavily embedded in a tech-rich world and craft a significant amount of electronic text, they see a fundamental distinction between their electronic social communications and the more formal writing they do for school or for personal reasons.

For the full article, click here:

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/301/press_release.asp