Teens are more likely to use Facebook than Twitter, according to a study released last week by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.The Pew group found 73 percent of teens are using some kind of social networking site, but only 8 percent are using Twitter.The study also found 66 percent of teens send or receive text messages.Nineteen percent of adults use Twitter or other services to post status updates, according to the study.”Facebook provides more,” said Pavica Sheldon, communication studies graduate student. “It does everything, so it is more of a social network.”Students use Facebook more for relationship maintenance or surveillance, Sheldon said.”With Twitter, you only see parts of the whole,” Sheldon said. “It is more of a commentary than personal information.” Mary-Catherine Roberts, mathematics sophomore, uses both Facebook and Twitter, but for different reasons.Roberts said she keeps in touch with friends over Facebook and views Twitter as more of an “honest forum” to share her thoughts.”I like being able to Facebook chat, but I also like how no-nonsense Twitter is,” Roberts said. “There aren’t a thousand notifications, just ‘This is what I’m doing’ or ‘This is what I think.'”While many of her friends use Twitter, most use Facebook, Roberts said.High school-age girls are most likely of the groups studied to use Twitter, according to the Pew group.The Pew study also found blogging has dropped among teens from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent.But one in 10 online adults keep an online journal or blog.”Blogs are more like diaries — it is open for you to create what you want,” Sheldon said.Facebook’s easy to use “fill-in-the-blank” layout plays a role in its popularity, Sheldon said.—-Contact Grace Montgomery [email protected]