'For teens, a tangled Web'

Teenaged software writers, Web developers, and tech support experts are actually not the norm of their generation, according to a recent report. Although 83% of US teens have Net access, they're not as media literate as many adults think they are. In a series of tests in which a group of 13-to-17-year-olds was "asked to visit selected Web sites and perform given tasks, [Nielsen Norman Group] researchers measured a success rate of 55% ... much lower than the 66% success rate they found for adult users in a similar recent test," ConnectforKids.org reports. For more on media literacy and youth, see "Not-so-savvy searchers," "Kids confused about Net risks," and "Critical thinking: Kids' best research tool."