The line chart illustrates information about three various methods of conversation utilized by young people in United States from 1990 to 2020. Overall, at the beginning of the period, the figure for face to face interaction was highest figure among other figures, whereas text messages recorded the lowest figure at the starting point. Nevertheless, over the following decades text messages took over the dominance and they reached a peak at the highest point among other methods by the end of the span.
Turning to details, it is evident that at the starting point of the span, the rate of text messages stood at around 5% and this figure witnessed a gradual increase from 5% to 30% in 2010, over the next two decades. Moreover, the share of text messages grew significantly from 30% to 80% which is the highest figure among others by the end of the period. Furthermore, the proportion of calls used by teenagers experienced a slight increase from just above 20% to approximately 28% between 1990 and 2000, which was followed by a noticeable increase from about 28% to 50% over the third half of the span. Additionally, this figure continued rising moderately to 60% over the last decade.
If we look at the percentage of face to face interactions there can be seen only a downward trend. The share of face to face communication which was also used by young population decreased moderately from 70% to 50% between 1990 and 2000. Over the following decade this figure demonstrated a slight decrease, declining to 40% in 2010. In addition, by the end of the period the figure for face to face conversation saw a marginal decrease from 40% to 20%.